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Enrollment
1,967
High
DISTRICT 751 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000774
Grimsley High
801 N Josephine Boyd St., Greensboro, NC 27408 · (336) 370-8180 · Guilford County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,967 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of North Carolina public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
98 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,960 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 556 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 502 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 479 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 430 | 22% |
Student demographics
67%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
68.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
27.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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 Grimsley High
Grimsley High's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsley High this school | 1,967 | 99.6% | 51.8% |
| Southeast Guilford High Greensboro | 1,209 | 99.8% | 42.1% |
| Richmond Senior High Rockingham | 1,365 | 99.4% | 22.5% |
| Page High Greensboro | 1,648 | 99.8% | 45.7% |
| Person High Roxboro | 1,165 | 99.7% | 30.5% |
| Junius H Rose High Greenville | 1,568 | 99.8% | 46.6% |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Grimsley High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #190 of 468 | #8 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #314 of 464 | #12 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #134 of 448 | #8 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,967 | #38 of 598 | #2 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #298 of 473 | #18 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #133 of 474 | #8 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #80 of 527 | #10 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.3% | #49 of 164 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,967
+99 (+5%) vs 2020
+10% since 2000-01, when it was 1,782
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 1,967 | 98.4 | 20.0:1 | 100% (1,960) |
| 2023-24 | 1,929 | 101.4 | 19.0:1 | 48% (923) |
| 2022-23 | 1,899 | 99.2 | 19.1:1 | 47% (895) |
| 2020-21 | 1,868 | 97 | 19.3:1 | 36% (670) |
| 2017-18 | 1,721 | 90.4 | 19.0:1 | 38% (652) |
| 2015-16 | 1,720 | 92 | 18.7:1 | 40% (689) |
| 2010-11 | 1,741 | 100 | 17.4:1 | 35% (610) |
| 2000-01 | 1,782 | 107 | 16.6:1 | 18% (327) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grimsley High.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (1,721 to 1,967); teachers up 9% (90.4 to 98.4).
About Grimsley High
Grimsley High runs as a large high school in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,967 students. On average, high schools in North Carolina enroll around 761, and this school is 158% above that mark.
Guilford County Schools runs 123 schools with a combined 68,535 students. Grimsley High is one of them.
The largest group at Grimsley High is White students, at 42%. It is also 36% Black, 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Grimsley High scores 67%.
There are 98.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 20.0:1. The average for high schools in North Carolina is about 19.6:1. Of all students at Grimsley High, 100% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Guilford County, the average eligibility rate is 89%.
On the allk12 Grade, Grimsley High lands at B+, ahead of 67% of North Carolina public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.4% for Grimsley High. The school posts 51.8%, 3.4 points above the prediction.
In Guilford County, home to about 547,940 people, the median household earns about $68,642 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Grimsley High shares Guilford County with 142 other public schools.
Grimsley High's nearest public school is Kiser Middle (about 0.3 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Grimsley High is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,967, up from 1,868 in 2020-21.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- 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
- Lucy Ragsdale HighHigh · 1,292 students
Other schools in Greensboro
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 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
- Cornerstone Charter Academy-CFACombined · 1,343 students
Nearby schools
- Kiser Middle0.3 mi · 1,074
- UNCG Early/Middle College1.0 mi · 199
- Irving Park Elementary1.0 mi · 541
- GC Middle College High1.1 mi · 106
- John Van Lindley Elementary1.1 mi · 521
- Philip J Weaver Ed Center1.3 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Grimsley HighWhat is the total enrollment at Grimsley High?
Grimsley High enrolls approximately 1,967 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Grimsley High serve?
Grimsley High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grimsley High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grimsley High is approximately 20.0:1 (98 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grimsley High?
At Grimsley High, the student body is approximately 42% White, 13% Hispanic, 36% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Grimsley High?
Grimsley High is overseen by Guilford County Schools in Guilford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.