Tigerville Elementary, Taylors SC

Original Research by School Decision on Tigerville Elementary

Tigerville Elementary serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Greenville County school district. It sits in Taylors, a census-designated place that operates as Greenville’s largest suburb without an incorporated town government. Taylors is primarily residential, with a mix of older neighborhoods and newer subdivisions. Its historic core is the former Southern Bleachery and Print Works textile complex, now reborn as Taylors Mill, a mixed-use gathering spot with entertainment, food, and small businesses. The community lacks a traditional downtown; civic functions are distributed, and the Mill serves as a de facto center. Street life is limited outside that area, and the built environment is car-dependent, consistent with a suburban setting where most households own vehicles and commute times are typical for the region.

The school’s state assessment results, from the SC Ready tests taken in the 2024–25 school year, show very strong proficiency rates in both math and English language arts across the tested grades. In third grade, the proportion of students scoring at proficient or above in math was well above the state average, and in fourth and fifth grades the rates remained high. In English language arts, third graders also performed at a very high level, and fourth and fifth graders continued at similarly elevated rates. Science, tested in fourth grade, also returned a high proficiency rate. Social studies data is available from the 2018–19 school year, when all fifth graders tested at the proficient or above level, though that assessment is older and used different cut scores. Taken together, the academic picture is one of consistently strong performance across subjects and grades. Because this is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate, and state testing participation rates were not reported in the available data. A parent should note that the state changed cut scores for ELA and science in recent years, which can affect year-to-year comparability.

About half of the students at Tigerville Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a figure that places the school in a moderate-income context within its community. The student enrollment is small enough for the grade span, and the demographic composition is predominantly white, with a small share of Hispanic and Black students, as well as a small number of students identifying as two or more races. Data on the share of students receiving special education services or classified as English learners was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school about those support programs directly. Similarly, information on chronic absenteeism, discipline, staffing ratios, and course access was not provided. The district itself, Greenville 01, appears to have no recent major changes of note that were publicly reported.

Housing in the Taylors area carries a home value that is slightly above the national typical home value, while rents are at a level that is manageable relative to a local median income that sits above the national median. The area has seen steady population growth and continued residential development, helped by its location directly north of downtown Greenville with easy interstate access. The most prominent redevelopment story is the adaptive reuse of the former textile mill into a community gathering place, but that is not a driver of school change directly.

For a family considering Tigerville Elementary, the academic evidence points to a school where students are performing at a high level on state assessments. The setting is suburban and car-oriented, the student body is economically mixed with a majority-white enrollment, and some key support-program data is missing from public records. The school’s size and grade range make it a neighborhood elementary option within the larger Greenville County system, and parents who value strong tested outcomes will find that reflected in the available results.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 393%

School 93% · District 66% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 482%

School 82% · District 65% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 593%

School 93% · District 60% · ▲ 33 pts above district

▲ 48 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 398%

School 98% · District 71% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 492%

School 92% · District 71% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 590%

School 90% · District 70% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Science

Grade 486%

School 86% · District 63% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 5100%

School 100% · District 80% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income95%Higher-income100%5 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income81%Higher-income100%19 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income95%Higher-income91%5 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income67%Higher-income93%26 pp gap