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Enrollment
376
Middle
DISTRICT 702 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000961
Welborn Middle
1710 McGuinn Drive, High Point, NC 27265 · (336) 819-2880 · Guilford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of North Carolina public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
12.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
373 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 | 122 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 123 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 131 | 35% |
Student demographics
63%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
32.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
31.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Welborn Middle
Welborn Middle's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welborn Middle this school | 376 | 99.2% | 34.1% |
| Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy High Point | 392 | 98.7% | 45.9% |
| New Century International Middle Fayetteville | 362 | 97.2% | 62.7% |
| Eastern Wayne Middle Goldsboro | 427 | 97.4% | 48.4% |
| Albemarle Middle Albemarle | 355 | 99.2% | 29.3% |
| Greenwood Middle Goldsboro | 402 | 97.5% | 52.1% |
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 Welborn Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #403 of 463 | #16 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #396 of 461 | #18 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #416 of 463 | #17 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #395 of 478 | #19 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #25 of 456 | #1 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #209 of 456 | #12 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #200 of 472 | #15 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.7% | #76 of 143 | #4 of 6 |
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
376
-81 (-18%) vs 2020
-45% since 2000-01, when it was 678
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 376 | 29.8 | 12.6:1 | 99% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 31.8 | 12.8:1 | 99% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 99% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 98% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 346 | 28.4 | 12.2:1 | 99% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 32 | 11.9:1 | 99% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 79% (409) |
| 2000-01 | 678 | 53 | 12.8:1 | 51% (349) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Welborn Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (346 to 376); teachers up 5% (28.4 to 29.8).
About Welborn Middle
Federal records list Welborn Middle as a middle school in High Point, North Carolina. A federal count lists 376 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in North Carolina is about 605, so this school runs 38% smaller than that.
Guilford County Schools runs Welborn Middle along with 122 other schools, enrolling 68,535 students in total.
At 55%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Welborn Middle combined. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 12% White, 9% Asian, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 34% of Guilford County residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Welborn Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
At Welborn Middle, 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1. Roughly 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Guilford County averages 89%, lower than here.
Measured against North Carolina public middle schools, Welborn Middle receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Welborn Middle would score about 48.5%. It scores 34.1%, 14.5 points below that figure.
Welborn Middle is located in Guilford County, where median household income is about $68,642, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 143 public schools in Guilford County, with a combined enrollment of about 79,539.
The school nearest to Welborn Middle is Kearns Academy, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Welborn Middle ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Welborn Middle the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 18%, from 457 to 376. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.3:1 to 12.6:1 over the same years.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Southwest ElementaryElementary · 808 students
- T Wingate Andrews HighHigh · 753 students
Nearby schools
- Kearns Academy0.0 mi · 108
- T Wingate Andrews High0.2 mi · 753
- Montlieu Academy of Technology0.4 mi · 499
- Kirkman Park Elementary0.9 mi · 236
- Parkview Village Elementary0.9 mi · 297
- Penn-Griffin Schools1.3 mi · 539
Frequently asked questions
About Welborn MiddleHow large is Welborn Middle?
Welborn Middle enrolls approximately 376 students in grades 06-08.
Is Welborn Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Welborn Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Welborn Middle have?
Welborn Middle employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
How diverse is Welborn Middle?
Welborn Middle reports a student body of 12% White, 20% Hispanic, 55% Black, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Welborn Middle?
Welborn Middle 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.