Western Guilford High

Western Guilford High is one of the substantial senior highs in Greensboro, North Carolina, run under Guilford County Schools, with 1,243 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 761 students per school, that is 63% bigger than typical.

Guilford County Schools runs 123 schools in total, collectively educating 68,535 students. Western Guilford High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Western Guilford High logs that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 21% Hispanic, 19% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 34% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Guilford County (around 89%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Western Guilford High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Guilford County shows median household earnings sit near $68,642, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Guilford County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), of which Western Guilford High is one.

The closest other public school is Doris Henderson Newcomers Sch, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Western Guilford High at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 56.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Western Guilford High has stayed largely flat, going from 1,248 students in 2018 to 1,243 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 32% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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