Boiling Springs High School (South Carolina)


Boiling Springs High School is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Northern Spartanburg County. BSHS opened a brand new, state-of-the-art campus in the fall of 2019. The campus was funded through overwhelming community support for a bond referendum passed in the fall of 2016.
Though BSHS is home to over 1600 students, the faculty and staff strive to build relationships that give the school a tight-knit community feel. Led by Principal Chuck Gordon, the administration at BSHS is dedicated to providing a safe, exciting and welcome environment for students and staff.
Boiling Springs High School offers a wide variety of athletic and fine arts opportunities for students to complement the rigorous and expansive academic curriculum that is available.
In 2018–19, BSHS received a rating of Excellent by the South Carolina Department of education and boasted a graduation rate of 91.8%.

Extracurricular activities

Boiling Springs High School athletic department competes in many sports and has had several championship teams.  Titles include the 4A State Softball Championship in 2013, the 4A State Cheerleading Championships in 2013, and the 4A State Golf Championship in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The wrestling team has also resumed after the program was discontinued in the early 1990s.  The program has had many state qualifiers for the 4A and 5A programs.
Boiling Springs High School marching band has won several regional championships and have been a consistent Bands of America Regional & Super Regional Finalist.  The band has been a consistent SCBDA 4A & 5A State Marching Band Finalist and Upper State Champion. Boiling Springs Marching Band is now under the direction of Robert Cotter and Marcus Morris.
The Fine Arts Department includes chorus, honors choir, orchestra, and jazz ensemble.  The Drama Department produces two large scale productions each year, with a play in the fall and a musical each spring.

Notable alumni