Kernodle Middle

Set in Greensboro, North Carolina, Kernodle Middle is an average-sized junior high, operated by Guilford County Schools. It educates 707 students across grades 6 through 8.

Guilford County Schools comprises 123 schools with combined enrollment of 68,535 students; Kernodle Middle is among them.

On demographics, Kernodle Middle lists that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 13% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at Kernodle Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Guilford County (around 89%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kernodle Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.6%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Guilford County put median household earnings sit near $68,642, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Kernodle Middle is one of 143 public schools in Guilford County (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students).

Greensboro Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kernodle Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kernodle Middle at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 58.2%.

Kernodle Middle operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kernodle Middle has edged down 9%, going from 779 students in 2018 to 707 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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