Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School

Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School is a minimally staffed K-12 campus in High Point, North Carolina, part of Guilford County Schools. The school caters to 185 students in grades 3 through 11. Compared to the state average of about 731 students per school, that is 75% leaner than typical.

Guilford County Schools comprises 123 schools with combined enrollment of 68,535 students; Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%; the rest comes out to 19% Black, 14% Asian, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 10% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. The state averages around 16.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Guilford County's rate of about 89%.

In the surrounding community, Guilford County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,642, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Guilford County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), of which Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School is one.

Nearest neighbor: High Point Central High, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School operates from an inner-city location.

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