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Enrollment
731
Middle
DISTRICT 702 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000824
Western Guilford Middle
401 College Road, Greensboro, NC 27410 · (336) 316-5833 · Guilford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL731 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of North Carolina public middle schools
- CTest 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
14.8:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
728 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 | 238 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 249 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 244 | 33% |
Student demographics
61%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
45.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
37.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Western Guilford Middle
Western Guilford Middle's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Guilford Middle this school | 731 | 99.6% | 43.3% |
| Northeast Guilford Middle McLeansville | 675 | 99.6% | 36.4% |
| Lumberton Junior Lumberton | 655 | 99.5% | 31.8% |
| W P Grier Middle School Gastonia | 659 | 99.5% | 29.2% |
| Westover Middle Fayetteville | 768 | 98.0% | 46.3% |
| Coulwood STEM Academy Charlotte | 632 | 99.5% | 59.6% |
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 Western Guilford Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #315 of 463 | #10 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #341 of 461 | #11 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #273 of 463 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 731 | #141 of 478 | #9 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #110 of 456 | #3 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #244 of 456 | #14 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #46 of 472 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.8% | #51 of 143 | #3 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
731
+43 (+6%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 1,199
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
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 | 731 | 49.3 | 14.8:1 | 100% (728) |
| 2023-24 | 754 | 44.9 | 16.8:1 | 99% (748) |
| 2022-23 | 732 | 42.2 | 17.4:1 | 100% (729) |
| 2020-21 | 688 | 43 | 16.0:1 | 100% (685) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 39.8 | 16.0:1 | 74% (473) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 73% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | 48 | 15.3:1 | 59% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 1,071 | 83 | 12.9:1 | 25% (273) |
| 1990-91 | 1,199 | 72 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Western Guilford Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (637 to 731); teachers up 24% (39.8 to 49.3).
About Western Guilford Middle
Western Guilford Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Greensboro, North Carolina, administered by Guilford County Schools. It has an enrollment of 731 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in North Carolina enroll around 605, and this school is 21% larger than that mark.
In Guilford County Schools, 123 schools enroll a combined 68,535 students.
More than half of the students at Western Guilford Middle are Black (56%). The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic, 11% White, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Guilford County overall, about 34% of residents are Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Western Guilford Middle scores 61%.
Its staff includes 49.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.8 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina is 1.0 students per teacher. Roughly 100% of students at Western Guilford Middle can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is 11 points above the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County.
Western Guilford Middle earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of North Carolina public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Western Guilford Middle is -5.1 points: 43.3% actual, 48.4% predicted.
In Guilford County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $68,642, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 143 public schools and about 79,539 students.
Western Guilford Middle's closest public school neighbor is Western Guilford High, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Western Guilford Middle ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.3% against a local average of 56.1%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count rose 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 16.0 in 2020-21 to 14.8 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Greensboro
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Triad Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,374 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Nearby schools
- Western Guilford High0.7 mi · 1,243
- Doris Henderson Newcomers Sch0.8 mi · 326
- Early College at Guilford0.9 mi · 193
- Guilford Elementary1.5 mi · 623
- Morehead Elementary1.6 mi · 509
- Jefferson Elementary1.7 mi · 698
Frequently asked questions
About Western Guilford MiddleHow large is Western Guilford Middle?
Western Guilford Middle enrolls approximately 731 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Western Guilford Middle serve?
Western Guilford Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Western Guilford Middle?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Western Guilford Middle.
What is the student diversity at Western Guilford Middle?
Student demographics at Western Guilford Middle are roughly 11% White, 24% Hispanic, 56% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Western Guilford Middle in?
Western Guilford Middle is part of Guilford County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.