Lake Forest Elementary, 16 Berkshire Ave.: pre-K to fifth grade, 786 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; 2026-27 calendar and school hours; the S.C. Department of Education’s 2025-26 report card data; the federal NCES school directory; the Census Bureau’s city boundary.
Lake Forest Elementary, on Berkshire Avenue, has a Greenville mailing address but sits outside the city limits in the unincorporated Wade Hampton area, according to the Census Bureau’s boundaries. Its zone reaches part of the city’s northeast side. It was rated Good, with 56 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 report card, with an Excellent rating for school climate.
Who to call
- Front office: 864-355-4000, 16 Berkshire Ave.
- School website: greenville.k12.sc.us/lforest/
- 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
| Address | 16 Berkshire Ave., Greenville, SC 29615 |
| Phone | 864-355-4000 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| District | Greenville County Schools |
| City of Greenville | Outside the city limits, in the unincorporated Wade Hampton area |
| School hours | 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. |
| State school ID | 2301063 |
Principal
Principal Julie Cooke, according to the school’s administration page and principal’s note.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 786 students in the 2025-26 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
- Federal count: 796 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 14 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, 56 points. On the state’s elementary scale, Excellent 61 to 100, Good 53 to 60, Average 42 to 52, Below Average 34 to 41 and Unsatisfactory 33 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 | Excellent |
| Preparing for success | Good |
| Student progress | Average |
| English learners’ progress | Average |
| School climate | Excellent |
- SC READY 2026, share meeting or exceeding expectations: English language arts 66.3% and math 61.8% (Greenville County Schools: 68.8% and 57.4%)
- SC PASS science, meeting or exceeding: 65.7%
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; 4 were zoned for Lake Forest Elementary.
In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list, streets zoned for Lake Forest Elementary go on to League Academy, Northwood Middle and Sevier Middle for middle school and Wade Hampton High, J. L. Mann High Academy and Eastside High for high school, most often the first named.
Calendar and school hours
Lake Forest Elementary 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: 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. for all Greenville County elementary schools, according to the district’s school hours page. Half days end at 11:45 a.m.
More
- The district’s profile of Lake Forest Elementary
- Every public school in Greenville, with zones and report cards
- Our Greenville schools guide for the district calendar, enrollment and the school board
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Lake Forest Elementary serve?
Lake Forest Elementary serves 4-year-old pre-K and kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the state’s 2025-26 report card and Greenville County Schools.
What is Lake Forest Elementary’s state report card rating?
Lake Forest Elementary was rated Good, with 56 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 school report card, published in October 2026.
Which middle and high school does Lake Forest Elementary feed into?
In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list, Lake Forest Elementary streets go on to League Academy, Northwood Middle and Sevier Middle for middle school and Wade Hampton High, J. L. Mann High Academy and Eastside High for high school; check an exact address with Find Your School.
What time does Lake Forest Elementary start?
Classes run 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., the hours Greenville County Schools sets for all its elementary schools.
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