Schools · High Point

High Point, NC schools

High Point’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 14 schools through grade 8, then one of 6 high schools and one of 6 high schools.

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

B-School Grade #165Best schools in NC (of 252)#93Highest graduation rate in NC (of 284)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

B⁻

High Point’s School Grade: B-

The public schools High Point’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 (325)Better than 49%

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 High Point kids go to school

Grades PK–8

14 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Guilford County Schools

Grades 9–12

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

Grades 12

6 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 High Point

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 37 schools in High Point

Level

All 37 Elementary 14 Middle 4 High 7 Other 12

Type

All 37 Public 26 Charter 4 Private 7

Showing 1–30 of 37 schools

Southwest ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 808 students

Florence ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 628 students

Northwood ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 502 students

Montlieu Academy of TechnologyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 499 students

Union Hill ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 495 students

Oak View ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 491 students

Allen Jay ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 467 students

Fairview ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 442 students

Oak Hill ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 411 students

Triangle Lake Montessori ElemElementary · Grades PK–5 · 390 students

Johnson Street Global StudiesElementary · Grades K–8 · 389 students

Shadybrook ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 319 students

Parkview Village ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 297 students

Kirkman Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 236 students

Southwest Guilford MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,032 students

Ferndale MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 486 students

Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory AcademyMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 392 students

Welborn MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 376 students

Southwest Guilford HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,547 students

High Point Central HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,005 students

T Wingate Andrews HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 753 students

Penn-Griffin SchoolsHigh · Grades 6–12 · 539 students

Middle College at GTCC-High PointHigh · Grades 9–13 · 194 students

Kearns AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 108 students

Pruette SCALE AcademyHigh · Grades 6–12 · 10 students

Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem UpperOther · Grades K–12 · 1,583 students

College Prep and Leadership AcademyOther · Grades K–12 · 890 students

Sylvia Mendez Newcomers SchoolOther · Grades 3–11 · 185 students

Liberty Charter AcademyGrades M

Triad International StudiesGrades M

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