GSD supports more than 3,100 students in kindergarten through grade 12 and employs more than 390 faculty and staff on a full time equivalent basis for its six schools.
[6] Greenbrier High School is the home of the pilot program that formed the national EAST Initiative.
In 2011, Greenbrier School District and its high school were recognized in the AP District of the Year Awards program in the College Board's 2nd Annual Honor Roll that consisted schools which increased or had the same the rate at which their AP students earned scores of 3 or higher on an AP Exam as well as those which offered more exams to students.
[8] In 2018, the Greenbrier School District came into national prominence for the punishment of student protestors via paddling.
[9] Three students joined the nationwide school walk-out[10] in March 2018, and were given a choice[11] between suspension or corporal punishment as a consequence.