General Greene Elementary

General Greene Elementary is one of the average-sized primary schools in Greensboro, North Carolina, overseen by Guilford County Schools, with 423 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

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

Demographically, General Greene Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 33% Black, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Guilford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, General Greene Elementary lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at General Greene Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Guilford County's rate of about 89%.

After controlling for student poverty, General Greene Elementary sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.5%; actual is 69.8%, +21.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Guilford County) shows that median household earnings sit near $68,642, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Guilford County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), of which General Greene Elementary is one.

Irving Park Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, General Greene Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. General Greene Elementary's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 488 (now 423). Over the same period, the White share declined from 51% to 46%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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