J. L. Mann High Academy, Greenville: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 16, 2026. Sources: the school’s website; its administration page; Greenville County Schools’ Find Your School lookup and subdivision list; 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; the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 reclassification and the school’s athletics site.

J. L. Mann High Academy sits on Fairforest Way, inside the city limits, and has the largest 2025-26 enrollment of the high schools on this guide. Its magnet program, the J. L. Mann High School Academy of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, takes students from across the county. It was rated Excellent, with 72 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 report card.

Who to call

• Front office: 864-355-6300, 160 Fairforest Way
• School website: greenville.k12.sc.us/jlmann/
• Enrolling a new student: online through a Backpack parent account; forms are on the district’s enrollment page. District InfoLine: 864-355-3100
• Which school is my address zoned for? the district’s Find Your School lookup
• Buses: the district’s transportation page

Principal

Principal Barry Ledford, according to the school’s administration page. The state’s 2025-26 report card file still names Shannon Gibson; the school’s own page is newer.

Enrollment and teachers

• State count: 1,943 students in the 2025-26 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
• Federal count: 2,062 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 18 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, 72 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.”

• End-of-course tests, share scoring A, B or C: English 79.1%, Algebra 87%, Biology 58.4% and U.S. History 62.8% (district: 72.9%, 80%, 56.7% and 58.9%)
• Four-year graduation rate: 91.3% for the class of 2026, after 92.5% in 2025 and 89.8% in 2024 (Greenville County Schools: 92.2%)
• College or career ready: 87% of the 2026 graduating class (district: 90.5%)
• College-ready routes: 31.5% through AP exams and 21.7% 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.

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; 81 were zoned for J. L. Mann High Academy.

In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list, the J. L. Mann High Academy zone takes in streets zoned for Beck International Academy, Dr. Phinnize J. Fisher Middle, Riverside Middle, Greenville Middle Academy, Northwood Middle, Mauldin Middle and Hughes Academy for middle school, most often the first named. The elementary zones in it are Oakview Elementary, Sara Collins Elementary, Pelham Road Elementary, Reedy Laurel Elementary, Mauldin Elementary, East North Street Academy, Monarch Elementary, Lake Forest Elementary, Woodland Elementary, Mitchell Road Elementary and Bells Crossing Elementary.

The 2025-26 assignment plan also directs the new Reedy Laurel Elementary area to J. L. Mann and Southside, according to the district’s assignment plan page.

Programs

J. L. Mann High School Academy of Mathematics, Science, and Technology is one of Greenville County Schools’ magnet academies. The district’s magnet academies page says the program “offers a rigorous academic program that connects the study of math, science and technology to all areas of learning,” with project-based instruction, dual-credit courses, Advanced Placement courses and a capstone experience that can include a senior project or an internship.

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

J. L. Mann High 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: 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. for all Greenville County high schools, according to the district’s school hours page. Half days end at 1:15 p.m.

Sports and activities

J. L. Mann is a Class 5A school in Region 1 for the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 classification, with Byrnes, Eastside, Hillcrest, Mauldin and Woodmont, according to the SCHSL reclassification lookup.

The school’s athletics website, jlmannathleticzone.com, lists teams in baseball, basketball, competitive cheer, cross country, football, girls flag football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling, with boys and girls teams in most of them, including boys volleyball.

Fall schedules and results are in our Friday night football guide and on our scoreboard.

More

• The district’s profile of J. L. Mann High Academy
• Every public school in Greenville, with zones and report cards
• Our Greenville schools guide for the district calendar, enrollment and the school board
• Friday night football and the scoreboard

Frequently asked questions

What grades does J. L. Mann High Academy serve?

J. L. Mann High Academy serves ninth through 12th grade, according to Greenville County Schools.

What is J. L. Mann High Academy’s state report card rating?

J. L. Mann High Academy was rated Excellent, with 72 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 school report card, published in October 2026.

Which middle schools feed J. L. Mann High Academy?

In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list, streets zoned for Beck International Academy, Dr. Phinnize J. Fisher Middle, Riverside Middle, Greenville Middle Academy, Northwood Middle, Mauldin Middle and Hughes Academy go on to J. L. Mann High Academy; check an exact address with Find Your School.

What time does J. L. Mann High Academy start?

Classes run 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., the hours Greenville County Schools sets for all its high schools.