Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000761
Bluford Elementary
1901 Tuscaloosa Street, Greensboro, NC 27401 · (336) 370-8120 · Guilford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
262 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
38%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
39.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
50.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Bluford Elementary
Bluford Elementary's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluford Elementary this school | 266 | 98.5% | 47.6% |
| B O Barnes Elementary Wilson | 274 | 98.9% | 46.8% |
| Mariam Boyd Elementary Warrenton | 291 | 97.9% | 21.9% |
| American Leadership Academy Charlotte Charlotte | 277 | 94.6% | N/A |
| Walter G. Byers School Charlotte | 303 | 99.0% | 37.3% |
| Northside Elementary Norlina | 277 | 98.9% | 30.1% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary 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 Bluford Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #886 of 1,297 | #38 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #894 of 1,296 | #37 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #973 of 1,300 | #45 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #1,260 of 1,485 | #64 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #131 of 1,377 | #6 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.1% | #1,202 of 1,379 | #66 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #832 of 1,414 | #59 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #833 of 937 | #44 of 49 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
266
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 409
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 266 | 21.5 | 12.4:1 | 98% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 248 | 19.6 | 12.7:1 | 99% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 22.8 | 11.5:1 | 97% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 263 | 22 | 11.9:1 | 99% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 19.2 | 14.4:1 | 99% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 294 | 19 | 15.5:1 | 98% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 25 | 13.3:1 | 82% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 41% (166) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bluford Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (276 to 266); teachers up 12% (19.2 to 21.5).
About Bluford Elementary
Bluford Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in North Carolina, with an address in Greensboro. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 266 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 43% below the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Guilford County Schools is responsible for 123 schools, Bluford Elementary included, with 68,535 students in all.
More than half of the students at Bluford Elementary are Black (77%). The rest of enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Guilford County's population at about 34%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bluford Elementary scores 38%.
The school's 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1, 2.5 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Guilford County averages 89%, lower than here.
Bluford Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 33% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Bluford Elementary is 48.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.6%.
Census data for Guilford County show median household income comes to about $68,642, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 143 public schools in the county, enrolling about 79,539, Bluford Elementary among them.
Measured in a straight line, James B Dudley High is about 0.1 miles from Bluford Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Bluford Elementary is 3rd of 7 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Bluford Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 263 students in 2020-21 and 266 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 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
- James B Dudley High0.1 mi · 1,403
- Lincoln Academy0.3 mi · 696
- Washington Elementary0.9 mi · 214
- Gillespie Park Elementary1.0 mi · 215
- A&T Four Middle College1.3 mi · 162
- STEM Early College @ NC A&T SU1.5 mi · 192
Frequently asked questions
About Bluford ElementaryHow many students attend Bluford Elementary?
Bluford Elementary enrolls approximately 266 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Bluford Elementary serve?
Bluford Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bluford Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bluford Elementary is approximately 12.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bluford Elementary?
Bluford Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 15% Hispanic, 77% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bluford Elementary?
Bluford Elementary is overseen by Guilford County Schools in Guilford County.
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