Hughes Academy, 122 DeOyley Ave.: grades 6 to 8, 967 students in 2025-26, rated Good on the state report card.

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the school’s website; its administration page; Greenville County Schools’ Find Your School lookup and subdivision list; the district’s 2025-26 assignment plans; 2026-27 calendar and school hours; magnet academies page; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2025-26 report card data; the federal NCES school directory; the Census Bureau’s city boundary.

Hughes Academy of Science and Technology is a middle school on DeOyley Avenue on Greenville’s south side, inside the city limits, and one of the district’s magnet academies. Its zone sends students on to Greenville Senior High or Southside High. It was rated Good, with 48 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 report card.

Who to call
Address 122 DeOyley Ave., Greenville, SC 29605
Phone 864-355-6200
Grades 6 to 8
District Greenville County Schools
City of Greenville Inside the city limits
School hours 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
State school ID 2301062

Principal

Principal Adrian Mayes, according to the school’s administration page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 967 students in the 2025-26 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
  • Federal count: 988 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 16 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: Good, 48 points. On the state’s middle school scale, Excellent 56 to 100, Good 48 to 55, Average 36 to 47, Below Average 29 to 35 and Unsatisfactory 28 and below. A Good rating means school performance “exceeds the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate.”

Indicator 2025-26 rating
Academic achievement Good
Preparing for success Good
Student progress Average
English learners’ progress Below Average
School climate Average
  • SC READY 2026, share meeting or exceeding expectations: English language arts 65.1% and math 51.7% (Greenville County Schools: 68.8% and 57.4%)
  • SC PASS science, meeting or exceeding: 62%

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.

Attendance zone

Check an address with the district’s Find Your School lookup. Greenville County Schools assigns students by subdivision, apartment complex and street address, and zones do not follow the city limits.

We ran 222 addresses spread across Greenville’s city limits through the lookup on Oct. 16; 54 were zoned for Hughes Academy.

In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list, the Hughes Academy zone takes in streets zoned for Robert E Cashion Elementary, Blythe Academy, Sara Collins Elementary, Augusta Circle Elementary, A.J. Whittenberg Elementary, Thomas E. Kerns Elementary, Greenbrier Elementary, Grove Elementary and East North Street Academy, and those streets go on to Greenville Senior High Academy, Southside High, Eastside High and J. L. Mann High Academy, most often the first named.

The Board of Trustees approved middle school boundary changes for Greenville Middle Academy, Hughes, League and Sevier on Oct. 22, 2024, as part of the plan for Reedy Laurel Elementary and other schools, according to the district’s board summary. The changes fill in one grade a year starting with sixth grade in 2025-26 and are complete in 2027-28, so some streets are zoned to one middle school for sixth and seventh grade and another for eighth this year. The district’s packet shows a loss of 1 student for Hughes Academy based on 2023-24 enrollment, and lets younger siblings stay with an older brother or sister at the old school.

Programs

Hughes Academy of Science and Technology is one of Greenville County Schools’ magnet academies. The district’s magnet academies page says the program “is dedicated to enriching and enhancing students’ academic achievement,” with weekly conversations with medical professionals and scientists in science and physical education classes, and a Spanish Immersion Transition program.

Magnet seats are open to students across the county by application through the Backpack parent portal. Applications are scored on attendance, discipline and academic performance, siblings of current magnet students have priority in the first round, and a lottery is used when more students qualify than there are seats, according to the same page.

Calendar and school hours

Hughes Academy follows Greenville County Schools’ 2026-27 calendar. Coming dates from the district’s calendar file (all district calendars are on its calendars page):

  • Monday, Nov. 2: no school for students (teacher development day)
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, student holiday
  • Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Friday, Dec. 18: half day, end of the second quarter
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, is a teacher development day, so students return Tuesday, Jan. 5

School hours: 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. for all Greenville County middle schools, according to the district’s school hours page. Half days end at 12:45 p.m.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Hughes Academy serve?

Hughes Academy serves sixth through eighth grade, according to Greenville County Schools.

What is Hughes Academy’s state report card rating?

Hughes Academy was rated Good, with 48 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 school report card, published in October 2026.

Which high school does Hughes Academy feed into?

In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list, Hughes Academy streets go on to Greenville Senior High Academy, Southside High, Eastside High and J. L. Mann High Academy; check an exact address with Find Your School.

What time does Hughes Academy start?

Classes run 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., the hours Greenville County Schools sets for all its middle schools.