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Enrollment
905
Middle
DISTRICT 702 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000787
Mendenhall Middle
205 Willoughby Boulevard, Greensboro, NC 27408 · (336) 545-2000 · Guilford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL905 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of North Carolina public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
902 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 310 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 304 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 291 | 32% |
Student demographics
68%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
39.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
37.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
41.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 Mendenhall Middle
Mendenhall Middle's state test result (41.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendenhall Middle this school | 905 | 99.7% | 41.9% |
| Eastern Guilford Middle Gibsonville | 901 | 99.7% | 38.4% |
| Jamestown Middle Jamestown | 949 | 99.7% | 51.1% |
| R Max Abbott Middle Fayetteville | 704 | 98.3% | 48.6% |
| Douglas Byrd Middle Fayetteville | 855 | 98.2% | 32.3% |
| Western Guilford Middle Greensboro | 731 | 99.6% | 43.3% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Mendenhall Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #329 of 463 | #11 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #344 of 461 | #12 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #348 of 463 | #11 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 905 | #63 of 478 | #5 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #212 of 456 | #7 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #109 of 456 | #7 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #15 of 472 | #4 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.6% | #22 of 143 | #1 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
905
+249 (+38%) vs 2020
+18% since 2000-01, when it was 767
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 905 | 56.4 | 16.0:1 | 100% (902) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 38.8 | 15.9:1 | 100% (616) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 37.8 | 16.5:1 | 62% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 53% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 40.8 | 17.4:1 | 55% (388) |
| 2015-16 | 735 | 44 | 16.7:1 | 51% (373) |
| 2010-11 | 1,002 | 57 | 17.6:1 | 44% (444) |
| 2000-01 | 767 | 61 | 12.6:1 | 36% (277) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mendenhall Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (709 to 905); teachers up 38% (40.8 to 56.4).
About Mendenhall Middle
Mendenhall Middle is a medium-sized middle school in North Carolina, with an address in Greensboro. The school counts 905 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 50% above the 605 average for middle schools in North Carolina.
Guilford County Schools includes 123 schools. Together they enroll 68,535 students.
Black students form the largest group at Mendenhall Middle, 50% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 7% Asian. By comparison, Guilford County residents are about 34% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Mendenhall Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
Mendenhall Middle operates with 56.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.0:1. Middle schools in North Carolina average about 15.9:1, a similar figure. Mendenhall Middle reports 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 89% average for public schools in Guilford County is 11 points lower.
allk12 grades Mendenhall Middle a C. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Mendenhall Middle's results are 6.5 points below predicted: 41.9% against 48.4%.
Mendenhall Middle is located in Guilford County, where median household income is about $68,642, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Mendenhall Middle is one of 143 public schools in Guilford County, which together enroll about 79,539 students.
The school nearest to Mendenhall Middle is Page High, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Mendenhall Middle ranks 8th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 656 to 905.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Page High0.8 mi · 1,648
- James Y Joyner Elementary1.0 mi · 274
- Ceasar Cone Elementary1.0 mi · 412
- Irving Park Elementary1.1 mi · 541
- General Greene Elementary1.8 mi · 423
- Kiser Middle2.0 mi · 1,074
Frequently asked questions
About Mendenhall MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Mendenhall Middle?
Mendenhall Middle enrolls approximately 905 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mendenhall Middle serve?
Mendenhall Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mendenhall Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mendenhall Middle is approximately 16.0:1 (56 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mendenhall Middle?
Student demographics at Mendenhall Middle are roughly 18% White, 18% Hispanic, 50% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Mendenhall Middle public or private?
Mendenhall Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Guilford County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.