Washington Elementary

Washington Elementary is a primary school of low-enrollment scale in Greensboro, North Carolina, part of Guilford County Schools, caters to 214 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Washington Elementary sits 54% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 123 schools in Guilford County Schools (68,535 students total), Washington Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Washington Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (80%); the rest comes out to 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Guilford County as a whole is about 34% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Guilford County's rate of about 89%.

After controlling for student poverty, Washington Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Guilford County put median household earnings sit near $68,642, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Guilford County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), of which Washington Elementary is one.

Lincoln Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Washington Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.6%.

Washington Elementary operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Washington Elementary's enrollment has declined 43% since 2018, when it stood at 373 (now 214). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 88% to 80%.

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