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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Brightwood Elementary?
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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000818
Brightwood Elementary
2001 Brightwood School Road, Greensboro, NC 27405 · (336) 375-2565 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of North Carolina public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
485 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
50%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
41.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
40.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 Brightwood Elementary
Brightwood Elementary's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brightwood Elementary this school | 488 | 99.4% | 42.3% |
| Long Creek Elementary Huntersville | 527 | 99.4% | 45.7% |
| Mallard Creek Elementary Charlotte | 490 | 97.1% | 61.8% |
| Movement School Eastland Charlotte | 523 | 99.2% | N/A |
| RISE Southeast Raleigh Charter School Raleigh | 484 | 97.7% | N/A |
| Croft Community School Charlotte | 459 | 99.3% | 56.5% |
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 Brightwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #1,039 of 1,297 | #46 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,138 of 1,296 | #52 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #904 of 1,300 | #42 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #653 of 1,485 | #39 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #614 of 1,377 | #31 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #992 of 1,379 | #57 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #306 of 1,414 | #31 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #417 of 937 | #15 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
488
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 488 | 33.6 | 14.6:1 | 99% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 30.6 | 15.6:1 | 99% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 32.7 | 15.8:1 | 99% (511) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 99% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 36.3 | 15.7:1 | 99% (569) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 42 | 14.6:1 | 100% (608) |
| 2010-11 | 743 | 53 | 14.0:1 | 81% (601) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 55% (256) |
| 1990-91 | 383 | 26 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brightwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (572 to 488); teachers down 8% (36.3 to 33.6).
About Brightwood Elementary
Brightwood Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school reports 488 students in pre-K through 5.
Guilford County Schools is the local district for Brightwood Elementary. It runs 123 schools with 68,535 students.
Roughly 68% of students at Brightwood Elementary are Black. Enrollment also includes 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% White, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Guilford County, the Black share is about 34%. Brightwood Elementary's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Brightwood Elementary total 33.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.6:1. That matches the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 99%. The 89% average for public schools in Guilford County is 10 points lower.
allk12 grades Brightwood Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Brightwood Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (42.3%) and its predicted rate (48.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
Among Guilford County residents, the median household income is $68,642, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Brightwood Elementary, Guilford County has 142 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Brightwood Elementary to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Summit Creek Academy. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 39.9% proficiency; Brightwood Elementary posts 42.3%.
For locale, NCES codes Brightwood Elementary as City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 488, close to the 489 recorded in 2020-21.
Community posts for Brightwood Elementary can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Brightwood Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Brightwood Elementary. Brightwood Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Brightwood ElementaryMonterey Park, CA · 804 students
- Brightwood Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Summit Creek Academy0.6 mi · 749
- Piedmont Classical High School1.4 mi · 478
- Ronald E. McNair Elementary1.5 mi · 447
- Rankin Elementary2.0 mi · 673
- Aggie Academy2.4 mi · 85
- Guilford Preparatory Academy2.6 mi · 672
Frequently asked questions
About Brightwood ElementaryHow large is Brightwood Elementary?
Brightwood Elementary enrolls approximately 488 students in grades PK-05.
Is Brightwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brightwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Brightwood Elementary have?
Brightwood Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Brightwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Brightwood Elementary are roughly 4% White, 19% Hispanic, 68% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Brightwood Elementary public or private?
Brightwood Elementary 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.