Thomas E. Kerns Elementary, 6650 Frontage Road at White Horse Road: pre-K to fifth grade, 543 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; the district’s 2025-26 assignment plans; 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.

Thomas E. Kerns Elementary sits beside White Horse Road south of the city, near Southside High, outside the city limits in the unincorporated Gantt area, according to the Census Bureau’s boundaries. Its zone reaches a small part of the city. It was rated Average, with 48 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 report card.

Who to call
Address 6650 Frontage Road at White Horse Road, Greenville, SC 29605
Phone 864-355-1300
Grades Pre-K to 5
District Greenville County Schools
City of Greenville Outside the city limits, in the unincorporated Gantt area
School hours 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
State school ID 2301115

Principal

Principal Ronda Simmons, according to the school’s administration page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 543 students in the 2025-26 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
  • Federal count: 494 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 13 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, 48 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. 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 Average
English learners’ progress Average
School climate Average
  • SC READY 2026, share meeting or exceeding expectations: English language arts 54.3% and math 42% (Greenville County Schools: 68.8% and 57.4%)
  • SC PASS science, meeting or exceeding: 36.1%

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; 2 were zoned for Thomas E. Kerns Elementary.

In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list, streets zoned for Thomas E. Kerns Elementary go on to Tanglewood Middle and Hughes Academy for middle school and Southside High, Carolina Academy, Greenville Senior High Academy and Woodmont High for high school, most often the first named.

The Board of Trustees approved boundary changes for Thomas E. Kerns, Grove and Sue Cleveland elementaries on Oct. 22, 2024, as part of the plan for Reedy Laurel Elementary, according to the district’s board summary. The district’s Kerns packet moves areas from Grove and Sue Cleveland to Kerns, a gain of 86 students based on 2023-24 enrollment, and fills in one grade a year starting with kindergarten in 2025-26.

Calendar and school hours

Thomas E. Kerns 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Thomas E. Kerns Elementary serve?

Thomas E. Kerns 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 Thomas E. Kerns Elementary’s state report card rating?

Thomas E. Kerns Elementary was rated Average, with 48 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 school report card, published in October 2026.

Which middle and high school does Thomas E. Kerns Elementary feed into?

In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list, Thomas E. Kerns Elementary streets go on to Tanglewood Middle and Hughes Academy for middle school and Southside High, Carolina Academy, Greenville Senior High Academy and Woodmont High for high school; check an exact address with Find Your School.

What time does Thomas E. Kerns Elementary start?

Classes run 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., the hours Greenville County Schools sets for all its elementary schools.