Enrollment
246
High
DISTRICT 751 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192002889
Academy at Smith
2225 South Holden Road, Greensboro, NC 27407 · (336) 316-5866 · Guilford County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL246 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of North Carolina public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
243 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 79 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 63 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 69 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 35 | 14% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
50.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
33.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Academy at Smith
Academy at Smith's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy at Smith this school | 246 | 98.8% | 43.2% |
| Vance Co Early College Henderson | 236 | 98.7% | 88.4% |
| Middle College at GTCC-High Point High Point | 194 | 98.5% | 62.7% |
| J D Clement Early College HS Durham | 380 | 99.2% | 87.7% |
| Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro Greensboro | 162 | 98.1% | 81.0% |
| GTCC Middle College High Jamestown | 255 | 98.8% | 78.9% |
Matched among North Carolina high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Academy at Smith ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #274 of 468 | #14 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #252 of 464 | #7 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #288 of 448 | #15 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 246 | #442 of 598 | #20 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #15 of 473 | #2 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #239 of 474 | #15 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #221 of 527 | #16 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.6% | #40 of 164 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
246
+19 (+8%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 236
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 246 | 19.7 | 12.5:1 | 99% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 20 | 11.4:1 | 99% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 223 | 20.2 | 11.0:1 | 76% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 227 | 20 | 11.3:1 | 50% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 211 | 17 | 12.4:1 | 64% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 211 | 18 | 11.7:1 | 68% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 236 | 18 | 13.1:1 | 74% (174) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Academy at Smith.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (211 to 246); teachers up 16% (17 to 19.7).
About Academy at Smith
Academy at Smith is a small high school. Its address is in Greensboro, North Carolina. It enrolled 246 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. For comparison, high schools in North Carolina average about 761 students.
Academy at Smith belongs to Guilford County Schools, a district of 123 schools and 68,535 students.
At Academy at Smith, Black students make up 53% of the student body. Next come 31% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. The county population is about 34% Black. Academy at Smith's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 12.5 students per teacher and 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 7.1 below the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 99%. The gap from the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County is 10 points.
allk12 grades Academy at Smith a B-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.7% at Academy at Smith; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.2%.
Among Guilford County residents, the median household income is $68,642, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Academy at Smith is one of 143 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Ben L. Smith High School, about 0.2 miles away. Academy at Smith is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Academy at Smith's average proficiency of 43.2% compares with 37.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 8% from 2020-21, when Academy at Smith had 227 students, to 2024-25, when it had 246. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.3:1 in 2020-21, and 12.5:1 in 2024-25.
The Academy at Smith community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in Greensboro
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Triad Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,374 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Nearby schools
- Ben L. Smith High School0.2 mi · 1,348
- Guilford eLearning University Prep1.0 mi · 284
- Hunter Elementary1.0 mi · 505
- Edwin A Alderman Elementary1.0 mi · 392
- Sedgefield Elementary1.1 mi · 489
- Archer Elementary1.2 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About Academy at SmithWhat is the total enrollment at Academy at Smith?
Academy at Smith enrolls approximately 246 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Academy at Smith serve?
Academy at Smith serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Academy at Smith?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Academy at Smith.
What is the student diversity at Academy at Smith?
Student demographics at Academy at Smith are roughly 3% White, 31% Hispanic, 53% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Academy at Smith public or private?
Academy at Smith is a public K-12 school, overseen by Guilford County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.