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title: "GCS Graduation Rate Hits Record 92.2% in Greenville"
url: https://www.heregreenville.com/2026/10/16/gcs-graduation-rate-hits-92-2/
date: 2026-10-16T07:16:23-04:00
modified: 2026-10-16T07:16:23-04:00
author: "Ainsley Pinckney"
categories: ["Education"]
site: "HERE Greenville"
attribution: "HERE Greenville"
---

# GCS Graduation Rate Hits Record 92.2% in Greenville

> GREENVILLE, S.C. — In Greenville County, the latest senior class cleared record marks: a 92.2% graduation rate and college-or-career readiness above 90%. District figures show the diploma rate climbed about a point and a half from the prior year and sits roughly 20 points higher than the 2012 baseline. For the 2025-26 cohort, 90.5% hit

*Source: [HERE Greenville](https://www.heregreenville.com/2026/10/16/gcs-graduation-rate-hits-92-2/) — October 16, 2026 by Ainsley Pinckney*

GREENVILLE, S.C. — In Greenville County, the latest senior class cleared record marks: a 92.2% graduation rate and college-or-career readiness above 90%.

District figures show the diploma rate climbed about a point and a half from the prior year and sits roughly 20 points higher than the 2012 baseline.

For the 2025-26 cohort, 90.5% hit at least one college-or-career readiness marker — the first time that share has broken 90% across the district.

On state report cards, nearly 99% of GCS campuses landed in the Excellent, Good or Average bands, and more than a third earned the top Excellent label.

Superintendent Burke Royster pointed to Graduation Plus, the Pre-K-through-12 push for a diploma plus college credit or a trade credential.

Most of the district’s 15 high schools beat the statewide graduation rate; 11 campuses including Riverside, Mauldin and Greenville High each cleared 90% for their four-year cohorts.