Greenville Classical Academy is a private, K–12 Christian school in Greenville, South Carolina founded in 2004.
We are located off of 385 on the east side of Greenville just 12 minutes from the heart of downtown. It is easily accessible from Greenville, Fountain Inn, Simpsonville, Taylors, Greer, and Powdersville.
We’re growing! See how you can be a part of GCA’s growth as we continue to provide a distinctly Christ-centered, biblical, and classical education.
Greenville Classical Academy is honored to be ranked among the top 20 schools nationwide in the 2025 CLT School Rankings, recognizing our students’ exceptional performance during the 2023-24 academic year. As the only school in South Carolina to earn this distinction, we celebrate God’s faithfulness and the dedication of our students, faculty, and families.
Greenville Classical Academy Receives National Ranking Award for the CLT
January 22, 2025
Greenville Classical Academy has been named one of the top 20 schools in the Classic Learning Test’s 2025 CLT School Rankings. This award recognizes Greenville Classical Academy’s student body for collectively receiving one of the highest average CLT scores out of schools across the United States during the 2023-2024 academic year.
The CLT is a college entrance exam and alternative to the SAT® and ACT® designed for 11th and 12th graders and offered by the Classic Learning Test (CLT). Evaluating reading, grammar, writing, and mathematics, the CLT provides a comprehensive measure of achievement and aptitude and engages students with thoughtful reading material drawn from classic literature and historical texts. It is accepted as an admissions exam at over 250 colleges and universities across the U.S. and abroad.
Since its inception in 2016, Classic Learning Test has offered assessments steeped in more intellectually rich and rigorous content than other standardized tests. Out of the hundreds of schools that take the CLT every year, Greenville Classical Academy’s recognition in Classic Learning Test’s 2025 School Rankings is a remarkable achievement.
January 22, 2025
Greenville Classical Academy Receives National Ranking Award for the CLT
Greenville Classical Academy has been named one of the top 20 schools in the Classic Learning Test’s 2025 CLT School Rankings. This award recognizes Greenville Classical Academy’s student body for collectively receiving one of the highest average CLT scores out of schools across the United States during the 2023-2024 academic year.
The CLT is a college entrance exam and alternative to the SAT® and ACT® designed for 11th and 12th graders and offered by the Classic Learning Test (CLT). Evaluating reading, grammar, writing, and mathematics, the CLT provides a comprehensive measure of achievement and aptitude and engages students with thoughtful reading material drawn from classic literature and historical texts. It is accepted as an admissions exam at over 250 colleges and universities across the U.S. and abroad.
Since its inception in 2016, Classic Learning Test has offered assessments steeped in more intellectually rich and rigorous content than other standardized tests. Out of the hundreds of schools that take the CLT every year, Greenville Classical Academy’s recognition in Classic Learning Test’s 2025 School Rankings is a remarkable achievement.
We hope that a foundation of knowledge, alongside understanding gained through engaging discussion, respectful questions, and thoughtful answers, will help students to desire to know more, to understand more thoroughly, and to communicate with grace and kindness. We desire that a GCA education will enable students to maintain the curiosity needed to continue to grow as life-long learners.
GCA students will be challenged to take the information they’ve internalized and use it to further explore, develop, and make decisions informed by analytical thought. Within the boundaries of objective truth, as found in the person and work of Christ, students will learn how to think, forming lifelong processes that will help them be intellectually resilient. They will develop understanding not based in feelings, but rooted in truth, remaining confident in that truth despite ever-shifting societal norms.
We recognize that each student is an Imago Dei, formed by a loving Creator to reflect his glory. We rejoice in the development and growth of each student, knowing that they reflect God’s glory in manifold facets. We join parents and church communities in celebrating students’ spiritual, social, and emotional growth in addition to their academic development.
We’re glad you asked.
We have loved having our children at GCA. From the first tour, we felt the warmth and love of Christ. We have continued to feel that from the administration, teachers, and community. It’s been an encouragement to be in a school where there is academic rigor but even more-so a commitment to biblical truth and the cultivation of a vibrant Christian life. We also appreciate the emphasis on parents as the primary educators/disciplers partnering with GCA’s teachers and administration to help our children grow in knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. Our time at GCA has been a wonderful experience!