Green Charter School Spartanburg, Spartanburg SC

Original Research by School Decision on Green Charter School Spartanburg

Green Charter School Spartanburg is a public charter school serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, operating under the statewide SC Public Charter School District. It sits off Warren H. Abernathy Highway on the city’s west side, within a mid-sized city that functions as a regional hub for the Upstate. Spartanburg has shifted from its textile-manufacturing past toward healthcare, higher education, and corporate headquarters, with a compact downtown that has seen revitalization in recent years, including a new minor league ballpark. The school draws from families who choose it rather than from a single attendance zone, so the peer environment reflects the community that opts into this particular charter.

The school’s enrollment is demographically mixed. White students make up the largest share, followed by Black, Hispanic, and Asian students, with a smaller proportion of multiracial students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. This blend gives the school a socioeconomically diverse character that a family considering it will want to evaluate alongside their own priorities.

On state assessments, academic performance varies by subject and grade level. In English language arts, the results are consistent and solid across the grades that are tested. Most tested grade levels show a clear majority of students reaching the proficient bar, with the upper elementary and middle school years posting the highest rates. Math performance is more mixed. In the lower elementary grades, fewer than half of students scored proficient, while the middle school grades showed stronger results. Science results were available for two grade levels and fell in a middle range. Because the school only goes through eighth grade, there is no high school graduation rate or Advanced Placement context to consider, and no college-credit or career-pathway information in the available data. A parent interested in the full academic picture may want to ask the school directly how the elementary math results compare to its own goals and what interventions are in place.

The school’s overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint relative to other districts in Spartanburg County. That group includes traditional school districts of varying sizes and demographics, so the comparison gives a broad sense of where this school lands on a countywide scale. It is not the top of the set, nor is it near the bottom.

The SC Public Charter School District is a statewide authorizer, not a traditional geographic district with local school board elections or a single tax base. Searches for recent district-level changes in policy or funding did not turn up specific developments that would directly affect daily operations at this campus. The school’s governance is therefore somewhat removed from the typical district structure a parent might be used to.

For a family weighing options, Green Charter School Spartanburg offers a straightforward choice. It is a single campus serving grades PK through eight, with a socioeconomically and racially mixed student body. Its English language arts outcomes are a strength, with strong proficiency percentages across the tested grades. Its math numbers are softer in the early years but improve by middle school. The absence of high school grades means a family will need a plan for ninth grade elsewhere. The school sits in a city with a reasonably strong local economy and a downtown that has attracted investment and development. This is a charter school that requires an active choice rather than a default assignment, and its profile fits a family that values a school with identifiable academic strengths and is comfortable with some variation in performance across subjects.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 337%

School 37% · District 50% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 44% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 36% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 651%

School 51% · District 35% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 740%

School 40% · District 32% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 24% · ▲ 33 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 59% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 479%

School 79% · District 60% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 566%

School 66% · District 58% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 673%

School 73% · District 62% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 780%

School 80% · District 64% · ▲ 16 pts above district

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

Grade 883%

School 83% · District 59% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Science

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 43% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 659%

School 59% · District 50% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

This schoolSC Public Charter School District, same grade

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 4Lower-income77%Higher-income84%7 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income60%Higher-income73%13 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income52%17 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income43%Higher-income33%9 pp gap