Schools · Greensboro

Greensboro, NC schools

Greensboro’s public schools score below North Carolina’s averages: 45% of students are proficient in reading against 47.2% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.7%. Kids attend one of 35 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 8 middle schools and one of 12 high schools.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B-School Grade #159Best schools in NC (of 252)#93Highest graduation rate in NC (of 284)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

B⁻

Greensboro’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Greensboro’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scoresB-Graduation

North Carolina school districts we grade (318)Better than 49%

Lower resultsHigher results

North Carolina towns with similar household incomes (338)Better than 50%

High confidence. Built on 33,621 tested students and a graduating class of 5,893; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Carolina’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of North Carolina only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in North Carolina with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Greensboro kids go to school

Grades PK–5

35 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Guilford County Schools

Grades 6–8

8 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Guilford County Schools

Grades 9–12

12 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Guilford County Schools

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Guilford County)45%

State average 47.2%

Math (grades PK–12, Guilford County)39%

State average 41.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

89% graduate on time

Graduation rate

89%

NC: 87.7%

Graduating class

5,893

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #93 of 284 NC towns →

Districts

The district serving Greensboro

Guilford County SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 122 schools · 67,620 students

$14,307 per studentNC $13,045B-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 89 schools in Greensboro

Level

All 89 Elementary 44 Middle 8 High 15 Other 22

Type

All 89 Public 64 Charter 9 Private 16

Showing 1–30 of 89 schools

Greensboro AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 777 students

Summit Creek AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 749 students

Gate City CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 715 students

Jefferson ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 698 students

Rankin ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 673 students

Guilford Preparatory AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 672 students

Julius I Foust ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 661 students

David D Jones ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 660 students

EP Pearce ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 653 students

Clara J Peck ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 638 students

Guilford ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 623 students

George C Simkins Jr ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 588 students

Colfax ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 587 students

Claxton ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 579 students

Pilot ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 556 students

Sumner ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 549 students

Irving Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 541 students

Reedy Fork ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 538 students

Waldo C Falkener Sr ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 530 students

Jesse Wharton ElemElementary · Grades K–5 · 521 students

John Van Lindley ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 521 students

Bessemer ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 509 students

Morehead ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 509 students

Hunter ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 505 students

Sedgefield ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 489 students

Brightwood ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 488 students

Next Generation AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 487 students

Sternberger ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 469 students

Ronald E. McNair ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 447 students

General Greene ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 423 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.