Greenville Technical Charter High, 506 S. Pleasantburg Drive: a tuition-free early college charter for grades 9 to 12, 536 students, admission by lottery.

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, admissions page, administration page, athletics page and calendar and bell schedule page; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2025-26 report card data; the federal NCES school directory; the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 reclassification; the Census Bureau’s city boundary.

Greenville Technical Charter High is a tuition-free public charter high school on the Greenville Technical College campus on South Pleasantburg Drive, inside the city limits. It runs an early college model in which students take college courses while in high school, and it admits rising ninth graders by lottery. It was rated Excellent, with 90 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 report card.

Who to call
Address 506 S. Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville, SC 29607
Phone 864-250-8844
Grades 9 to 12
Type Public charter, South Carolina Public Charter School District
City of Greenville Inside the city limits
Tuition None; open to all South Carolina residents
State school ID 4701043

Principal

Principal Rhonda Gregory, according to the school’s administration page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 536 students in the 2025-26 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
  • Federal count: 526 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 17 students per teacher.

State report card

South Carolina rates every public school each year as Excellent, Good, Average, Below Average or Unsatisfactory. The overall rating is built from indicators such as academic achievement, preparing for success, student progress, English learners’ progress and school climate, with graduation rate and college and career readiness added for high schools, according to the state’s report card site and the Education Oversight Committee’s accountability manuals.

2025-26 rating: Excellent, 90 points. On the state’s high school scale, Excellent 67 to 100, Good 60 to 66, Average 51 to 59, Below Average 40 to 50 and Unsatisfactory 39 and below. An Excellent rating means school performance “substantially exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate.”

Indicator 2025-26 rating
Academic achievement Excellent
Preparing for success Excellent
Graduation rate Excellent
College and career readiness Excellent
School climate Excellent
  • End-of-course tests, share scoring A, B or C: English 94%, Algebra 93.3%, Biology 82.2% and U.S. History 79.4%
  • Four-year graduation rate: 100% for the class of 2026, after 99.2% in 2025 and 100% in 2024
  • College or career ready: 97.7% of the 2026 graduating class
  • College-ready routes: 81.4% through dual-enrollment courses, among 2026 graduates

The full report card, with results by student group, teacher data, school safety and spending, is on the state’s SC School Report Cards site. The state published the 2025-26 ratings in October 2026.

Admission

The school has no attendance zone. It is “a tuition-free public charter school open to all South Carolina residents,” and “under South Carolina charter law, all rising freshman admissions are determined through a lottery process,” according to its admissions page. Admission for rising 10th and 11th graders “is based on available seats and waitlist position.”

The school holds an admissions information meeting with school tours in the fall, and families apply online during an open enrollment window each fall, the page says. It calls the lottery “non-merit-based” but says its “rigorous, college-aligned environment may not be the right academic fit for every student.”

Programs

The school’s admissions page says “84% of GTCHS students take at least one college course before graduation” and that “more than half of seniors graduate with 24 or more college credits.” Students must earn at least a 75 to receive credit in both high school and college courses, the page says.

On the state’s 2025-26 report card, 81.4% of 2026 graduates met the college-ready mark through dual-enrollment courses, and the school’s four-year graduation rate was 100%.

Calendar and school hours

The school sets its own calendar and bell schedule, posted on its calendar and bell schedule page.

Sports and activities

Greenville Tech Charter is a Class 2A school in Region 1 for the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 classification, with Brashier Middle College, Carolina, Crescent, GREEN Upstate, Liberty, Pendleton, St. Joseph’s and West-Oak, according to the SCHSL reclassification lookup. The league’s list marks the school as having no football team.

The school’s athletics page lists cross country, swimming and volleyball in the fall; archery, boys and girls basketball and cheer in the winter; and baseball, boys and girls soccer and track in the spring.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Greenville Technical Charter High serve?

Greenville Technical Charter High serves ninth through 12th grade. Rising ninth graders enter by lottery; 10th and 11th grade seats depend on openings and the waiting list.

How do you get into Greenville Technical Charter High?

Rising ninth graders are admitted by a non-merit lottery under South Carolina charter law. Families apply online during the school’s fall open enrollment window; 10th and 11th grade admission depends on open seats and waitlist position.

What is Greenville Technical Charter High’s state report card rating?

Greenville Technical Charter High was rated Excellent, with 90 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 school report card, with a four-year graduation rate of 100% for the class of 2026.