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What's something Southwest Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
808
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192002041
Southwest Elementary
4372 Southwest School Road, High Point, NC 27265 · (336) 819-2992 · Guilford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL808 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of North Carolina public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
805 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 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 137 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 139 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
75%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
76.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
83.7%
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 84 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+33.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 34 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Southwest Elementary
Southwest Elementary's state test result (82.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Elementary this school | 808 | 99.6% | 82.4% |
| Meadowlark Elementary Winston-Salem | 827 | 99.6% | 78.5% |
| Lyle Creek Elementary Conover | 458 | 99.3% | 53.8% |
| Trent Park Elementary New Bern | 390 | 96.2% | 56.3% |
| Irving Park Elementary Greensboro | 541 | 99.4% | 49.7% |
| Allen Jay Elementary High Point | 467 | 99.4% | 50.0% |
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 Southwest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #50 of 1,297 | #4 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.7% | #70 of 1,296 | #6 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #68 of 1,300 | #6 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 808 | #76 of 1,485 | #1 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,181 of 1,377 | #65 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.9% | #23 of 1,379 | #2 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #25 of 1,414 | #1 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #581 of 937 | #29 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
808
+91 (+13%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 808 | 48.2 | 16.8:1 | 100% (805) |
| 2023-24 | 767 | 50.6 | 15.2:1 | 38% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 806 | 48.3 | 16.7:1 | 36% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 717 | 48 | 14.9:1 | 21% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 900 | 50.7 | 17.8:1 | 20% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 797 | 43 | 18.5:1 | 23% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 829 | 46 | 18.0:1 | 25% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 846 | 49 | 17.3:1 | 20% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 28 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (900 to 808); teachers down 5% (50.7 to 48.2).
About Southwest Elementary
Southwest Elementary, a large elementary school, is located in High Point, North Carolina. Its enrollment is 808 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Southwest Elementary is among 123 schools run by Guilford County Schools, which serves 68,535 students.
No group is above 50% at Southwest Elementary; the largest is White, at 35%. It is also 25% Asian, 23% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Guilford County's residents are about 48% White, 13 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Southwest Elementary scores 75%.
Southwest Elementary reports a ratio of 16.8 students per teacher, from 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 1.9 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Southwest Elementary, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 11 points above the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Southwest Elementary outscored 99%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Southwest Elementary is in the top 10% of North Carolina schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.4%. The school's actual rate is 82.4%, 33.9 points higher.
The school is in Guilford County, where the median household earns about $68,642 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Southwest Elementary shares Guilford County with 142 other public schools.
Southwest Elementary's nearest public school is Southwest Guilford Middle (about 0.1 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Southwest Elementary is 1st among 8 schools close by.
For locale, NCES codes Southwest Elementary as City: Mid-size.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 13%. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.9 to 16.8 over 4 years.
Southwest Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 High Point
- Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem UpperCombined · 1,583 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- Southwest Guilford MiddleMiddle · 1,032 students
- High Point Central HighHigh · 1,005 students
- T Wingate Andrews HighHigh · 753 students
- Florence ElementaryElementary · 628 students
Other Southwest Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 14 states are named Southwest Elementary. Southwest Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 22.
- Southwest ElementaryJacksonville, NC · 720 students
- Southwest ElementaryDurham, NC · 639 students
- Southwest ElementaryClemmons, NC · 546 students
- SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBAY SHORE, NY · 975 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolSavannah, GA · 769 students
Nearby schools
- Southwest Guilford Middle0.1 mi · 1,032
- Southwest Guilford High0.4 mi · 1,547
- Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem Upper0.9 mi · 1,583
- Florence Elementary2.0 mi · 628
- Oak View Elementary3.6 mi · 491
- Shadybrook Elementary3.8 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Southwest ElementaryHow many students attend Southwest Elementary?
Southwest Elementary enrolls approximately 808 students in grades KG-05.
Is Southwest Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southwest Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southwest Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southwest Elementary is approximately 16.8:1 (48 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Southwest Elementary?
Southwest Elementary reports a student body of 35% White, 11% Hispanic, 23% Black, 25% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Southwest Elementary?
Southwest Elementary is overseen by Guilford County Schools in Guilford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.