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What's something Southwest Guilford Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,032
Middle
DISTRICT 702 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000577
Southwest Guilford Middle
4368 Southwest School Road, High Point, NC 27265 · (336) 819-2985 · Guilford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,032 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,029 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 | 356 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 351 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 325 | 31% |
Student demographics
73%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
51.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
44.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 Southwest Guilford Middle
Southwest Guilford Middle's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Guilford Middle this school | 1,032 | 99.7% | 48.7% |
| Jamestown Middle Jamestown | 949 | 99.7% | 51.1% |
| Mendenhall Middle Greensboro | 905 | 99.7% | 41.9% |
| H J MacDonald Middle New Bern | 632 | 99.2% | 54.3% |
| Eastern Guilford Middle Gibsonville | 901 | 99.7% | 38.4% |
| Lincoln Academy Greensboro | 696 | 99.6% | 64.4% |
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 Southwest Guilford Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #263 of 463 | #8 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #281 of 461 | #8 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #204 of 463 | #7 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,032 | #34 of 478 | #2 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #340 of 456 | #19 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #17 of 456 | #2 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #6 of 472 | #2 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #132 of 300 | #3 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
1,032
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 1,088
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 1,032 | 58.5 | 17.6:1 | 100% (1,029) |
| 2023-24 | 1,031 | 60.4 | 17.1:1 | 100% (1,028) |
| 2022-23 | 1,101 | 57.6 | 19.1:1 | 55% (605) |
| 2020-21 | 1,022 | 64 | 16.0:1 | 39% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 1,194 | 66.8 | 17.9:1 | 43% (519) |
| 2015-16 | 1,075 | 63 | 17.1:1 | 45% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 1,086 | 66 | 16.4:1 | 38% (409) |
| 2000-01 | 1,088 | 81 | 13.4:1 | 21% (226) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwest Guilford Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,194 to 1,032); teachers down 12% (66.8 to 58.5).
About Southwest Guilford Middle
This page covers Southwest Guilford Middle, a high-enrollment middle-grades school in High Point, North Carolina. A total of 1,032 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. Against the 605-student average for middle schools in North Carolina, enrollment here is 71% higher.
Guilford County Schools runs Southwest Guilford Middle along with 122 other schools, enrolling 68,535 students in total.
Enrollment at Southwest Guilford Middle is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 42%. Other reported shares: 23% White, 15% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 7% multiracial. That compares with about 34% Black among all Guilford County residents. Southwest Guilford Middle has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Southwest Guilford Middle, 58.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 17.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Guilford County averages 89%, lower than here.
Southwest Guilford Middle is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of North Carolina public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Southwest Guilford Middle's results are within a point of predicted: 48.7% against 48.4%.
Southwest Guilford Middle is located in Guilford County, where median household income is about $68,642, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Southwest Guilford Middle is one of 143 public schools in Guilford County, which together enroll about 79,539 students.
Southwest Elementary is located about 0.1 miles from Southwest Guilford Middle. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 53.7% proficiency; Southwest Guilford Middle posts 48.7%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Southwest Guilford Middle had 1,022 students in 2020-21 and 1,032 in 2024-25, nearly the same. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 17.6:1, from 16.0:1.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Southwest Guilford Middle, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- High Point Central HighHigh · 1,005 students
- Southwest ElementaryElementary · 808 students
- T Wingate Andrews HighHigh · 753 students
- Florence ElementaryElementary · 628 students
Nearby schools
- Southwest Elementary0.1 mi · 808
- Southwest Guilford High0.3 mi · 1,547
- Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem Upper0.9 mi · 1,583
- Florence Elementary2.0 mi · 628
- Oak View Elementary3.5 mi · 491
- Shadybrook Elementary3.7 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Southwest Guilford MiddleHow many students attend Southwest Guilford Middle?
Southwest Guilford Middle enrolls approximately 1,032 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Southwest Guilford Middle serve?
Southwest Guilford Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Southwest Guilford Middle?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Southwest Guilford Middle.
How diverse is Southwest Guilford Middle?
Southwest Guilford Middle reports a student body of 23% White, 15% Hispanic, 42% Black, 13% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Southwest Guilford Middle public or private?
Southwest 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.