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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Guilford County, North Carolina

Across Guilford County, North Carolina, 107 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Philip J Weaver Ed Center leads the list at 90.9%, against a median of 47.8% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

107

Guilford County, North Carolina

Top % Proficient (Reading)

90.9%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

47.8%

BEST IN READING · GUILFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Philip J Weaver Ed Center	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	260	90.9%
2	GTCC Middle College High	Jamestown, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	255	90.7%
3	UNCG Early/Middle College	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	199	89.8%
4	Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	162	87.5%
5	Sternberger Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	469	82.4%
6	Oak Ridge Elementary	Oak Ridge, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	712	81.8%
7	Northwest Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	2,055	81.3%
8	Northern Guilford Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	622	78.2%
9	EP Pearce Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	653	77.6%
10	Northwest Guilford Middle	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	915	77.3%
11	Summerfield Elementary	Summerfield, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	584	77.1%
12	Southwest Elementary	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	808	76.8%
13	Middle College at GTCC-High Point	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	194	71.7%
14	Northern Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,251	71.5%
15	Brooks Global Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	314	71.3%
16	Lincoln Academy	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	696	70.4%
17	Grimsley High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,967	68.3%
18	Northern Guilford Middle	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	780	67.3%
19	General Greene Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	423	66.5%
20	Penn-Griffin Schools	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	539	66.3%
21	Jesse Wharton Elem	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	521	65.6%
22	Colfax Elementary	Colfax, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	587	64.8%
23	Southwest Guilford High	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,547	63.8%
24	Florence Elementary	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	628	63.5%
25	Alamance Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	499	63.4%
26	Western Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,243	63.1%
27	Stokesdale Elementary	Stokesdale, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	473	62.0%
28	Claxton Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	579	60.2%
29	Kernodle Middle	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	707	60.2%
30	John Van Lindley Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	521	58.5%
31	Southeast Guilford High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,209	58.4%
32	Page High	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	1,648	57.3%
33	Pleasant Garden Elementary	Pleasant Garden, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	453	56.4%
34	Southern Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	215	55.6%
35	Millis Road Elementary	Jamestown, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	444	55.3%
36	Kiser Middle	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	1,074	55.1%
37	A&T Four Middle College	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	162	55.0%
38	Shadybrook Elementary	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	319	54.5%
39	Monticello-Brown Summit Elem	Browns Summit, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	291	53.1%
40	David D Jones Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	660	52.9%
41	Jamestown Middle	Jamestown, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	949	52.5%
42	Southwest Guilford Middle	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	Middle	1,032	51.5%
43	Kirkman Park Elementary	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	236	51.3%
44	Jefferson Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	698	50.6%
45	Morehead Elementary	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	509	50.0%
46	Academy at Smith	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	246	50.0%
47	Kearns Academy	High Point, NC	Guilford County Schools	High	108	50.0%
48	Jamestown Elementary	Jamestown, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	453	49.5%
49	Erwin Montessori	Greensboro, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	221	49.3%
50	Nathanael Greene Elementary	Liberty, NC	Guilford County Schools	Elementary	263	49.3%

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