Enrollment
661
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000770
Julius I Foust Elementary
2610 Floyd Street, Greensboro, NC 27406 · (336) 370-8155 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL661 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
658 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (106).
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
32.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
40.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 Julius I Foust Elementary
Julius I Foust Elementary's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julius I Foust Elementary this school | 661 | 99.5% | 34.9% |
| Gov's Village STEM (Lower) Charlotte | 784 | 99.6% | 41.3% |
| Rankin Elementary Greensboro | 673 | 99.6% | 35.0% |
| Crown Point Elementary Matthews | 657 | 99.5% | 55.3% |
| Berewick Elementary Charlotte | 717 | 99.6% | 51.1% |
| Thomasboro Academy Charlotte | 569 | 99.5% | 30.4% |
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 Julius I Foust Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #1,194 of 1,297 | #54 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #1,124 of 1,296 | #50 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,138 of 1,300 | #51 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 661 | #235 of 1,485 | #10 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #927 of 1,377 | #52 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #359 of 1,379 | #19 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #90 of 1,414 | #6 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +74.4% | #18 of 369 | #3 of 19 |
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
661
+334 (+102%) vs 2020
+45% since 2000-01, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 661 | 42.2 | 15.7:1 | 100% (658) |
| 2023-24 | 186 | 13 | 14.3:1 | 98% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 18.2 | 12.9:1 | 99% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 327 | 25 | 13.1:1 | 99% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 24.7 | 15.3:1 | 99% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 99% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 27 | 12.0:1 | 92% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 76% (346) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Julius I Foust Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 74% (379 to 661); teachers up 71% (24.7 to 42.2).
About Julius I Foust Elementary
Julius I Foust Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Greensboro, North Carolina. Its 661 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students.
The Guilford County Schools system has 123 schools and 68,535 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Julius I Foust Elementary. The largest is Black students, at 46%. Smaller groups are 31% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Guilford County is roughly 34% Black. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Julius I Foust Elementary employs 42.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Julius I Foust Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%. The rate at public schools in Guilford County averages 89%, lower than here.
Julius I Foust Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.4%.
Guilford County has about 547,940 residents, and the median household income is $68,642, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Guilford County has 143 public schools and roughly 79,539 students.
The closest public school to Julius I Foust Elementary is Triad Math and Science Academy, about 0.5 miles away. Julius I Foust Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 34.9% average proficiency ranks 4th among 5 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Julius I Foust Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal records list enrollment at Julius I Foust Elementary as 327 in 2020-21 and 661 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The number of students per teacher rose from 13.1 to 15.7 over 4 years.
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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
- Triad Math and Science Academy0.5 mi · 1,374
- Erwin Montessori0.9 mi · 221
- Wiley Accel/Enrichment0.9 mi · 198
- Clara J Peck Elementary1.1 mi · 638
- Jackson Middle1.2 mi · 458
- Archer Elementary1.2 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About Julius I Foust ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Julius I Foust Elementary?
Julius I Foust Elementary enrolls approximately 661 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Julius I Foust Elementary serve?
Julius I Foust Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Julius I Foust Elementary?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Julius I Foust Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Julius I Foust Elementary?
At Julius I Foust Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 31% Hispanic, 46% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Julius I Foust Elementary in?
Julius I Foust Elementary is part of Guilford County Schools.
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