1
Enrollment
1,251
High
DISTRICT 751 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192002991
Northern Guilford High
7101 Spencer Dixon Road, Greensboro, NC 27455 · (336) 643-8449 · Guilford County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,251 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of North Carolina public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
368 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 323 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 310 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 328 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 290 | 23% |
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
71.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
34.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Northern Guilford High
Northern Guilford High's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Guilford High this school | 1,251 | 29.4% | 55.5% |
| D H Conley High Greenville | 1,757 | 33.3% | 59.0% |
| South Iredell High Statesville | 1,768 | 33.2% | 51.1% |
| Needham Broughton High Raleigh | 2,153 | 28.1% | 53.4% |
| Fuquay-Varina High Fuquay-Varina | 1,858 | 25.1% | 51.0% |
| Ronald W Reagan High School Pfafftown | 2,122 | 29.8% | 67.2% |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Northern Guilford High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #153 of 468 | #7 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #242 of 464 | #6 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #107 of 448 | #7 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,251 | #130 of 598 | #8 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #308 of 473 | #19 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #230 of 474 | #13 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.4% | #481 of 527 | #26 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #151 of 277 | #8 of 15 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,251
-77 (-6%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 1,266
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 1,251 | 61.8 | 20.3:1 | 29% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 1,291 | 62.7 | 20.6:1 | 26% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 1,364 | 65 | 21.0:1 | 25% (345) |
| 2020-21 | 1,328 | 66 | 20.1:1 | 13% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 1,365 | 66.6 | 20.5:1 | 16% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 1,351 | 70 | 19.3:1 | 19% (250) |
| 2010-11 | 1,266 | 66 | 19.2:1 | 16% (200) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northern Guilford High.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,365 to 1,251); teachers down 7% (66.6 to 61.8).
About Northern Guilford High
Federal records list Northern Guilford High as a high school in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school has 1,251 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in North Carolina average about 761 students, which makes this school 64% above average.
Northern Guilford High falls under Guilford County Schools, which has 123 schools enrolling 68,535 students.
More than half of enrollment at Northern Guilford High is White: 57%. Other groups make up 19% Black, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Guilford County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Northern Guilford High scores 61%.
Northern Guilford High has a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1, with 61.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in North Carolina is about 19.6:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 29% at Northern Guilford High. Public schools in Guilford County average 89%.
Northern Guilford High earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 51% of North Carolina public high schools.
Northern Guilford High posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.5%, compared with a predicted 69.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Guilford County show that the median household earns about $68,642 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Guilford County has 143 public schools with about 79,539 students, including Northern Guilford High.
Of the public schools around it, Northern Guilford High is closest to Northern Guilford Middle, about 0.3 miles away. Northern Guilford High is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 61.8% proficiency; Northern Guilford High posts 55.5%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
A 6% decline took enrollment from 1,328 in 2020-21 to 1,251 in 2024-25.
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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
- Northern Guilford Middle0.3 mi · 780
- Northern Guilford Elementary2.6 mi · 622
- Jesse Wharton Elem3.6 mi · 521
- Ronald E. McNair Elementary3.8 mi · 447
- Piedmont Classical High School5.0 mi · 478
- Bethany Community School5.0 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About Northern Guilford HighHow large is Northern Guilford High?
Northern Guilford High enrolls approximately 1,251 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Northern Guilford High serve?
Northern Guilford High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Northern Guilford High?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at Northern Guilford High.
How diverse is Northern Guilford High?
Northern Guilford High reports a student body of 57% White, 13% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Northern Guilford High public or private?
Northern Guilford High 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.