Claxton Elementary

Claxton Elementary is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Greensboro, North Carolina, operated by Guilford County Schools, educateing 579 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 24% above typical.

Across the 123 schools in Guilford County Schools (68,535 students total), Claxton Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Claxton Elementary lists that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Guilford County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Claxton Elementary has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 99% of students at Claxton Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Guilford County (around 89%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Claxton Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 59.4%, a residual of +10.9 points.

In the area at large, census data for Guilford County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,642 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Guilford County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), of which Claxton Elementary is one.

Jefferson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Claxton Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Claxton Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 64.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Claxton Elementary has contracted 4%, going from 600 students in 2018 to 579 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 51% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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