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What tradition at Morehead Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000789
Morehead Elementary
4630 Tower Road, Greensboro, NC 27410 · (336) 294-7370 · Guilford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
506 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
61%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
50.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
56.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 Morehead Elementary
Morehead Elementary's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morehead Elementary this school | 509 | 99.4% | 55.4% |
| G W Bulluck Elementary Rocky Mount | 535 | 99.4% | 37.0% |
| Moore Magnet Elementary Winston Salem | 450 | 99.3% | 49.7% |
| Tommy's Road Elementary Goldsboro | 545 | 99.4% | 43.2% |
| Elizabethtown Primary Elizabethtown | 483 | 97.3% | 36.2% |
| Wagram Elementary Wagram | 508 | 99.4% | 37.3% |
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 Morehead Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #649 of 1,297 | #24 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #707 of 1,296 | #27 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #614 of 1,300 | #24 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #585 of 1,485 | #31 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #373 of 1,377 | #15 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #685 of 1,379 | #40 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #268 of 1,414 | #23 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #331 of 937 | #11 of 49 |
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
509
-33 (-6%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 509 | 37.4 | 13.6:1 | 99% (506) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 39.5 | 13.1:1 | 99% (513) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 99% (521) |
| 2020-21 | 542 | 40 | 13.6:1 | 99% (535) |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 42.3 | 14.7:1 | 65% (403) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 64% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 43% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 41 | 12.5:1 | 46% (237) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morehead Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (621 to 509); teachers down 12% (42.3 to 37.4).
About Morehead Elementary
Morehead Elementary is a public elementary school run by Guilford County Schools in Greensboro, North Carolina. Its enrollment is 509 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Guilford County Schools includes 123 schools. Together they enroll 68,535 students.
The student body at Morehead Elementary is 57% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% White, 11% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 34%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
Morehead Elementary has 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.6:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%. That is higher than the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Morehead Elementary outscored 54%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Morehead Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.4% is 6.9 points above the 48.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Guilford County show the median household earns about $68,642 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Morehead Elementary, Guilford County has 143 public schools.
Morehead Elementary's nearest public school is Sternberger Elementary (about 1.3 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Morehead Elementary ranks 5th of 7 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 33 students, from 542 to 509.
The Morehead Elementary discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Sternberger Elementary1.3 mi · 469
- Brooks Global Elementary1.5 mi · 314
- Western Guilford Middle1.6 mi · 731
- Early College at Guilford1.7 mi · 193
- Jefferson Elementary2.0 mi · 698
- Hunter Elementary2.1 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About Morehead ElementaryHow many students attend Morehead Elementary?
Morehead Elementary enrolls approximately 509 students in grades KG-05.
Is Morehead Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Morehead Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morehead Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morehead Elementary is approximately 13.6:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Morehead Elementary?
At Morehead Elementary, the student body is approximately 23% White, 11% Hispanic, 57% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Morehead Elementary public or private?
Morehead Elementary 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.