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What's something Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
392
Middle
DISTRICT 702 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192003295
Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy
1201 East Fairfield Rd, High Point, NC 27263 · (336) 819-2164 · Guilford County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
387 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 102 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 99 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 97 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 24% |
Student demographics
55%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
46.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
44.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy
Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy this school | 392 | 98.7% | 45.9% |
| Welborn Middle High Point | 376 | 99.2% | 34.1% |
| Eastern Wayne Middle Goldsboro | 427 | 97.4% | 48.4% |
| Warren County Middle Warrenton | 342 | 99.1% | 27.4% |
| Anne Chesnutt Middle Fayetteville | 470 | 99.4% | 46.4% |
| Spring Lake Middle Spring Lake | 500 | 98.8% | 38.4% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #291 of 463 | #9 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #283 of 461 | #9 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #253 of 463 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #385 of 478 | #18 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #232 of 456 | #9 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #311 of 456 | #18 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #270 of 472 | #16 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #293 of 300 | #13 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
392
+21 (+6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 392 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 99% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 26.2 | 15.2:1 | 99% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 25.6 | 15.7:1 | 99% (399) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 99% (368) |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 24.5 | 16.1:1 | 97% (382) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | 18 | 16.7:1 | 98% (294) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (395 to 392); teachers down 2% (24.5 to 24).
About Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy
In High Point, North Carolina, Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy is a low-enrollment middle school. The school serves 392 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in North Carolina average about 605 students.
A total of 123 schools make up Guilford County Schools, with 68,535 students enrolled.
Roughly 65% of students at Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy are Black. Other groups make up 14% Hispanic, 9% White, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 34% of Guilford County residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.3:1, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 99% of enrollment. That is higher than the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County.
allk12 grades Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy a C+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy is 48.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 45.9%.
Across Guilford County, the median household income is $68,642, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Guilford County is home to 143 public schools and about 79,539 public school students.
Nearby, Allen Jay Elementary is about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment is up 6% from 2020-21, when Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy had 371 students, to 2024-25, when it had 392. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.3:1 in 2020-21, and 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 High Point
- Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem UpperCombined · 1,583 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- Southwest Guilford MiddleMiddle · 1,032 students
- High Point Central HighHigh · 1,005 students
- Southwest ElementaryElementary · 808 students
- T Wingate Andrews HighHigh · 753 students
Nearby schools
- Allen Jay Elementary0.6 mi · 467
- Archdale Elementary School1.2 mi · 355
- Trindale Elementary School1.6 mi · 382
- Triangle Lake Montessori Elem2.3 mi · 390
- Trinity Elementary School2.5 mi · 423
- Union Hill Elementary2.5 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory AcademyHow many students attend Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy?
Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy enrolls approximately 392 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy serve?
Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy have?
Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy?
Student demographics at Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy are roughly 9% White, 14% Hispanic, 65% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy in?
Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy is part of Guilford County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.