Summary:
Zip code 29316, located in the Boiling Springs area of South Carolina, is served by a single high school, Boiling Springs High, which enrolls 2,772 students in grades 9-12 and is part of the highly rated Spartanburg 02 district, ranked in the 91st percentile statewide.
Boiling Springs High is a solid, 4-star institution that consistently outperforms state averages in English and U.S. History. In the most recent year, 84.48% of students scored proficient on English 2 and 82.51% on U.S. History, both well above state averages. The school also maintains a strong graduation rate of 90.3%, exceeding both the district (89.7%) and state (86.7%). However, the school’s most glaring issue is a dramatic drop in Algebra 1 proficiency, falling from 87.3% in 2024-2025 to just 36.38% in 2025-2026—a 50.92 percentage point decline that far exceeds normal variation. This leaves the school trailing its district by 20.45 points and the state by 28.2 points in math, a significant red flag given its strength in other subjects. Chronic absenteeism (21.8%) is also 3 points higher than the district average, though it remains slightly below the state rate.
Despite strong absolute performance, the school’s state ranking slipped from 39th to 55th between 2023-2024 and 2025-2026, indicating other schools are improving faster. With a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1 and per-student spending of $9,448, Boiling Springs High operates as a large school with moderate resources. For parents, this is a school that excels in humanities and graduation outcomes but requires urgent attention to its math curriculum and attendance patterns to maintain its competitive edge.
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