Northeast Guilford High

Northeast Guilford High is a mid-sized 9-12 campus in McLeansville, North Carolina, one of the schools within Guilford County Schools. The school educates 977 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 28% bigger than the state mean of about 761.

Within Guilford County Schools, which oversees 123 schools and 68,535 students, Northeast Guilford High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Northeast Guilford High reports that Black students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder comes out to 20% Hispanic, 14% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Guilford County as a whole is about 34% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Guilford County's rate of about 89%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Northeast Guilford High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.4%; actual is 26.5%, a gap of -21.9 points.

In the broader community, census data for Guilford County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,642 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Guilford County's 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), Northeast Guilford High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Northeast Guilford Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northeast Guilford High at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 43.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 1,021 students in 2018 compared to 977 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 22% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Northeast Guilford High typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.