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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Allen Middle this year?
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Enrollment
617
Middle
DISTRICT 702 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000757
Allen Middle
1108 Glendale Drive, Greensboro, NC 27406 · (336) 294-7325 · Guilford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% 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.
- C-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
14.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
614 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 6 | 201 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 216 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 200 | 32% |
Student demographics
63%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
37.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
32.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
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below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Middle
Allen Middle's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Middle this school | 617 | 99.5% | 36.5% |
| Ferndale Middle High Point | 486 | 99.4% | 33.0% |
| Whitewater Middle Charlotte | 731 | 99.6% | 46.3% |
| Southern Guilford Middle Greensboro | 620 | 99.5% | 38.8% |
| Gov's Village STEM (Upper) Charlotte | 684 | 99.6% | 46.7% |
| Jackson Middle Greensboro | 458 | 99.3% | 30.3% |
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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #376 of 463 | #14 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #388 of 461 | #16 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #365 of 463 | #13 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 617 | #212 of 478 | #15 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #81 of 456 | #2 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #212 of 456 | #13 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #83 of 472 | #12 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #194 of 300 | #9 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
617
-41 (-6%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 776
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 617 | 43.3 | 14.3:1 | 100% (614) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 46.7 | 14.1:1 | 100% (657) |
| 2022-23 | 703 | 46.1 | 15.2:1 | 100% (700) |
| 2020-21 | 658 | 45 | 14.6:1 | 100% (655) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 41.4 | 16.3:1 | 100% (671) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 40 | 16.3:1 | 100% (650) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 80% (550) |
| 2000-01 | 776 | 60 | 12.9:1 | 60% (468) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allen Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (674 to 617); teachers up 4% (41.4 to 43.3).
About Allen Middle
Allen Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Greensboro, North Carolina, (ZIP code 27406). Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 617 students.
Allen Middle is one of 123 schools in Guilford County Schools, which enrolls 68,535 students in total.
The largest group at Allen Middle is Black students, at 49%. Other students are 34% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. That is higher than the 34% Black share among all Guilford County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
There are 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Allen Middle, giving a ratio of 14.3:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in North Carolina is 15.9:1. A total of 614 students, or 100%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 89% average among public schools in Guilford County.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Allen Middle outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Allen Middle would score about 48.5%. It scores 36.5%, 12.0 points below that figure.
In Guilford County, the median household earns about $68,642 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Guilford County, 143 public schools serve about 79,539 students.
Cyrus P Frazier Elementary, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Allen Middle places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale data from NCES put Allen Middle inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment decreased 6% over 4 years, reaching 617 in 2024-25.
Allen Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Other Allen Middle schools
One other US public school is named Allen Middle. Allen Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Allen Middle SchoolCamp Hill, PA · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Cyrus P Frazier Elementary0.1 mi · 327
- Next Generation Academy0.9 mi · 487
- Archer Elementary1.4 mi · 389
- Triad Math and Science Academy1.6 mi · 1,374
- Sumner Elementary1.9 mi · 549
- Julius I Foust Elementary2.0 mi · 661
Frequently asked questions
About Allen MiddleHow large is Allen Middle?
Allen Middle enrolls approximately 617 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Allen Middle serve?
Allen Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Allen Middle have?
Allen Middle employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Allen Middle?
Student demographics at Allen Middle are roughly 2% White, 34% Hispanic, 49% Black, 11% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Allen Middle in?
Allen Middle is part of Guilford County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.