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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 29306

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Schools

2,251

Students

Districts

Top rankedMeeting Street Academy-Spartanburg100^th of 649 South Carolina elementary schools

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Smallest classes

Carver Middle 10.2 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Meeting Street Academy-Spartanburg

SchoolDigger ratings

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Summary:

Zip code 29306 in Spartanburg, SC, is served by 5 schools—4 elementary schools (including one PK-8 charter) and 1 middle school—with no dedicated high school, spanning three districts: Spartanburg 07, Spartanburg 06, and the School Public Charter School District, with a total enrollment of 2,251 students.

The clear standout is Meeting Street Academy-Spartanburg, ranked in the 85th percentile statewide with a 4-star rating. It dramatically outperforms every other school in the area—3rd grade math proficiency is 95.1% compared to 53.8% for the district and 59.2% for the state, and 3rd grade ELA is 87.8% versus 60.4% district and 64.1% state. At the opposite extreme, Mary H. Wright Elementary ranks in the 9th percentile with a 0-star rating, consistently scoring 20-25 points below state averages and showing a declining ELA trend from 3rd to 5th grade. Spartanburg Preparatory School is highly inconsistent—its 8th grade ELA (63.3%) exceeds the state average, but its 4th grade math (13.3%) and science (8.9%) are the lowest scores in the entire dataset. Woodland Heights Elementary sits in the 31st percentile, while Carver Middle ranks in the 18th percentile with the weakest ELA performance of any school in the zip code.

Chronic absenteeism is a critical issue—Mary H. Wright (40.3%) and Carver Middle (38.0%) have rates nearly double the state average of 22.3%, and these schools show the lowest academic outcomes. Woodland Heights (20.3%) is the only school below the state rate. Interestingly, higher spending does not translate to better results: Woodland Heights spends the most at $17,903 per student but ranks in the 31st percentile, while Spartanburg Prep spends the least ($13,164) yet outperforms two schools that spend $3,000+ more. A concerning pattern emerges with 4th grade math and science scores dropping sharply at multiple schools—Spartanburg Prep falls 34.6 points and Woodland Heights drops 26.6 points from 3rd to 4th grade math—suggesting a systemic curriculum or transition issue. With no high school in the zip code, students face a disruption after 8th grade, and Carver Middle's Algebra 1 EOCEP score of 99.99% appears anomalous, likely reflecting a very select group of test-takers.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SC READY English Language Arts (2026)						SC READY Mathematics (2026)						SC READY Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SC READY English Language Arts 3rd Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 4th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 5th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 6th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 7th Grade	SC READY English Language Arts 8th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 3rd Grade	SC READY Mathematics 4th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 5th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 6th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 7th Grade	SC READY Mathematics 8th Grade	SC READY Science 4th Grade	SC READY Science 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Woodland Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	1216 John B. White Sr. Bouleva	Spartanburg	29306	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 06	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 576-0506	407	35	11.6		90 (22.1%)	222 (54.5%)	55 (13.5%)	12 (2.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.4%)	30.6	448^th of 649 public elementary schools	31.0%		33.8	428^th of 640 public elementary schools	33.1%	20	55.3	55.9	48.7				64.3	37.7	38.1				26.0		$17,903	$2,468	$155	$2,624	$13,415	$1,864	$15,279
Mary H. Wright Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	457 South Church Street	Spartanburg	29306	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 07	No	No	No	Yes	(864) 594-4477	451	38	11.7		9 (2.0%)	332 (73.6%)	75 (16.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.1%)	13.7	588^th of 649 public elementary schools	9.4%		15.3	562^nd of 640 public elementary schools	12.2%	26	47.7	37.2	42.4				38.6	32.2	26.8				25.5		$16,051	$2,551	$2,090	$4,642	$10,432	$978	$11,410
Carver Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	467 South Church Street	Spartanburg	29306	Spartanburg County	Spartanburg 07	No	Yes	No	Yes	(864) 594-4435	633	62	10.2		62 (9.8%)	437 (69.0%)	79 (12.5%)	19 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (5.5%)	20.8	274^th of 335 public middle schools	18.2%		30.7	228^th of 320 public middle schools	28.8%	46				32.7	43.3	45.8				19.9	31.2	31.0		29.9	$16,479	$1,730	$1,543	$3,273	$11,627	$1,578	$13,206
Spartanburg Preparatory School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	385 South Spring Street	Spartanburg	29306	Spartanburg County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(864) 621-3882	454	40	11.3		79 (17.4%)	284 (62.6%)	51 (11.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	31 (6.8%)	25.6	486^th of 649 public elementary schools	25.1%		35.6	412^th of 640 public elementary schools	35.6%	74	54.2	35.5	62.2	47.1	56.3	63.3	47.9	13.3	31.2	35.3	37.5	43.3	8.9	39.2	$13,164	$991	$173	$1,164	$8,806	$3,194	$12,000
Meeting Street Academy-Spartanburg	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	201 East Broad Street Suite 11	Spartanburg	29306	Spartanburg County	School Public Charter School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(864) 253-1800	306	30	10.2		9 (2.9%)	266 (86.9%)	14 (4.6%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.9%)	83.5	100^th of 649 public elementary schools	84.6%					(n/a)	87.8	72.2	72.7				95.1	75.0	86.3				50.0

Cities Near Zip Code 29306

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Spartanburg	1.12 mi	33	107^th
Moore	4.22 mi	4	46^th
Roebuck	4.65 mi	3	122^nd
Pauline	6.99 mi	1	48^th
Boiling Springs	7.4 mi	5	61^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Carolina Department of Education.

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