Lakeview Middle, 3801 Old Buncombe Road: grades 6 to 8, 767 students in 2025-26, rated Average 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.

Lakeview Middle, on Old Buncombe Road, has a Greenville mailing address but sits outside the city limits in the unincorporated Sans Souci area, according to the Census Bureau’s boundaries. Its zone reaches a small part of the city and sends students on to Berea, Greenville Senior High or Travelers Rest. It was rated Average, with 47 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 report card, with Excellent ratings for student progress and school climate.

Who to call
Address 3801 Old Buncombe Road, Greenville, SC 29617
Phone 864-355-6400
Grades 6 to 8
District Greenville County Schools
City of Greenville Outside the city limits, in the unincorporated Sans Souci area
School hours 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
State school ID 2301066

Principal

Principal J. Towers Rice, according to the school’s administration page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 767 students in the 2025-26 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
  • Federal count: 753 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 12 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: Average, 47 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. An Average rating means school performance “meets the criteria to ensure all students meet the Profile of the SC Graduate.”

Indicator 2025-26 rating
Academic achievement Average
Preparing for success Below Average
Student progress Excellent
English learners’ progress Unsatisfactory
School climate Excellent
  • SC READY 2026, share meeting or exceeding expectations: English language arts 40.3% and math 29.5% (Greenville County Schools: 68.8% and 57.4%)
  • SC PASS science, meeting or exceeding: 32.1%

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; 3 were zoned for Lakeview Middle.

In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list, the Lakeview Middle zone takes in streets zoned for Duncan Chapel Elementary, Cherrydale Elementary, Monaview Elementary, Berea Elementary, Paul L Dunbar Child Development Center, Alexander Elementary and A.J. Whittenberg Elementary, and those streets go on to Berea High, Greenville Senior High Academy, Travelers Rest High and Carolina Academy, most often the first named.

Calendar and school hours

Lakeview Middle 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 Lakeview Middle serve?

Lakeview Middle serves sixth through eighth grade, according to Greenville County Schools.

What is Lakeview Middle’s state report card rating?

Lakeview Middle was rated Average, with 47 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 school report card, published in October 2026.

Which high school does Lakeview Middle feed into?

In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list, Lakeview Middle streets go on to Berea High, Greenville Senior High Academy, Travelers Rest High and Carolina Academy; check an exact address with Find Your School.

What time does Lakeview Middle start?

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