Wade Hampton High, 100 Pine Knoll Drive: grades 9 to 12, 1,795 students in 2025-26, rated Excellent 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; the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 reclassification and the school’s athletics site.

Wade Hampton High, on Pine Knoll Drive, has a Greenville mailing address but sits just outside the city limits in the unincorporated Wade Hampton area, according to the Census Bureau’s boundaries. Its zone takes in part of the city. The Generals were rated Excellent, with 73 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 report card, and their graduation rate rose to 92.2% for the class of 2026.

Who to call
Address 100 Pine Knoll Drive, Greenville, SC 29609
Phone 864-355-0100
Grades 9 to 12
District Greenville County Schools
City of Greenville Outside the city limits, in the unincorporated Wade Hampton area
School hours 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
State school ID 2301010

Principal

Principal Justin Ludley, according to the school’s administration page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 1,795 students in the 2025-26 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
  • Federal count: 1,780 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 19 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, 73 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.”

Indicator 2025-26 rating
Academic achievement Excellent
Preparing for success Good
Graduation rate Excellent
College and career readiness Excellent
English learners’ progress Below Average
School climate Average
  • End-of-course tests, share scoring A, B or C: English 74.3%, Algebra 82.6%, Biology 65.2% and U.S. History 69.9% (district: 72.9%, 80%, 56.7% and 58.9%)
  • Four-year graduation rate: 92.2% for the class of 2026, after 87.4% in 2025 and 85.6% in 2024 (Greenville County Schools: 92.2%)
  • College or career ready: 90.8% of the 2026 graduating class (district: 90.5%)
  • College-ready routes: 34.6% through AP exams and 15.1% 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; 22 were zoned for Wade Hampton High.

In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list, the Wade Hampton High zone takes in streets zoned for Sevier Middle, League Academy, Greenville Middle Academy, Northwood Middle and Beck International Academy for middle school, most often the first named. The elementary zones in it are Paris Elementary, Lake Forest Elementary, Taylors Elementary, East North Street Academy, Summit Drive Elementary, Brook Glenn Elementary and Augusta Circle Elementary.

The Board of Trustees approved high school boundary changes for Eastside, Greenville Senior High and Wade Hampton 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 ninth grade in 2025-26 and are complete in 2028-29, and younger siblings may stay with an older brother or sister at the old school. The district’s packet shows a loss of 10 students for Wade Hampton High based on 2023-24 enrollment.

Calendar and school hours

Wade Hampton High 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

Wade Hampton is a Class 4A school in Region 2 for the South Carolina High School League’s 2026-28 classification, with Gaffney, Greenville, Greer, Riverside and Travelers Rest, according to the SCHSL reclassification lookup.

The Generals’ athletics website, wadehamptonathleticzone.com, lists teams in baseball, basketball, cheer and 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 and girls wrestling.

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

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Wade Hampton High serve?

Wade Hampton High serves ninth through 12th grade, according to Greenville County Schools.

What is Wade Hampton High’s state report card rating?

Wade Hampton High was rated Excellent, with 73 points, on South Carolina’s 2025-26 school report card, published in October 2026.

Which middle schools feed Wade Hampton High?

In the district’s 2026-27 subdivision list, streets zoned for Sevier Middle, League Academy, Greenville Middle Academy, Northwood Middle and Beck International Academy go on to Wade Hampton High; check an exact address with Find Your School.

What time does Wade Hampton High start?

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