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Enrollment
915
Middle
DISTRICT 702 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000837
Northwest Guilford Middle
5300 Northwest School Road, Greensboro, NC 27409 · (336) 605-3333 · Guilford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL915 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of North Carolina public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
17.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
192 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 | 263 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 326 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 326 | 36% |
Student demographics
49%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
77.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
77.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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
79.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Northwest Guilford Middle
Northwest Guilford Middle's state test result (79.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Guilford Middle this school | 915 | 21.0% | 79.5% |
| Heritage Middle Wake Forest | 947 | 16.9% | 78.3% |
| Apex Middle Apex | 867 | 24.8% | 73.0% |
| Holly Grove Middle Holly Springs | 979 | 17.7% | 75.5% |
| South Charlotte Middle Charlotte | 770 | 23.1% | 75.2% |
| Bailey Middle Cornelius | 1,315 | 23.5% | 78.7% |
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 Northwest Guilford Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #14 of 463 | #1 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #23 of 461 | #1 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #14 of 463 | #1 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 915 | #59 of 478 | #4 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #353 of 456 | #20 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #357 of 456 | #19 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.0% | #455 of 472 | #19 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #150 of 300 | #6 of 14 |
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
915
-103 (-10%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 917
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 915 | 51.4 | 17.8:1 | 21% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 934 | 51.4 | 18.2:1 | 19% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 950 | 52.1 | 18.2:1 | 18% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 1,018 | 57 | 17.9:1 | 10% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 1,041 | 56.9 | 18.3:1 | 12% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 964 | 56 | 17.2:1 | 14% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 975 | 57 | 17.1:1 | 13% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 1,101 | 101 | 10.9:1 | 11% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 917 | 55 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest Guilford Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,041 to 915); teachers down 10% (56.9 to 51.4).
About Northwest Guilford Middle
Families in Greensboro, North Carolina, are served by Northwest Guilford Middle, a large middle school. Enrolled students number 915 students, in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in North Carolina average about 605 students each.
Northwest Guilford Middle sits within Guilford County Schools, which has 123 schools and 68,535 students.
White students are the majority at Northwest Guilford Middle, with 69% of enrollment. The school is also 10% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 48%. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 51.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. The school's lunch program data list 21% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County.
Northwest Guilford Middle is graded A by allk12, scoring above 93% of North Carolina public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 72.4% at Northwest Guilford Middle; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 79.5%.
Guilford County census figures show that the median household income is $68,642, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 143 public schools in Guilford County, enrolling about 79,539 students in all.
Northwest Guilford High is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Northwest Guilford Middle. By average proficiency, Northwest Guilford Middle is 4th among 6 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 103 students since 2020-21, to 915.
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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
- Northwest Guilford High0.1 mi · 2,055
- EP Pearce Elementary1.1 mi · 653
- Oak Ridge Elementary2.5 mi · 712
- Cornerstone Charter Academy-CFA3.1 mi · 1,343
- Revolution Academy4.0 mi · 886
- Summerfield Elementary4.0 mi · 584
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest Guilford MiddleHow large is Northwest Guilford Middle?
Northwest Guilford Middle enrolls approximately 915 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Northwest Guilford Middle serve?
Northwest Guilford Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Northwest Guilford Middle have?
Northwest Guilford Middle employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Northwest Guilford Middle?
Student demographics at Northwest Guilford Middle are roughly 69% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Northwest Guilford Middle public or private?
Northwest Guilford 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.