Northwest Guilford Middle

Summary:

Northwest Guilford Middle is a high-performing public middle school in Greensboro, North Carolina, serving around 950 students in grades 6-8. The school consistently ranks among the top middle schools in the state, maintaining a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger and outperforming the surrounding Guilford County Schools district and the state of North Carolina in academic metrics.

Northwest Guilford Middle's exceptional academic performance is evident across various measures. The school consistently ranks between 32nd and 52nd out of over 700 middle schools in North Carolina, with 84% of 6th-grade students proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 49.6% for Guilford County and 54.3% for the state. The school also excels in the performance of student subgroups, ranking among the top schools in the state for Asian, African American, Hispanic, Multi-racial, English Language Learner, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students.

When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Jackson Middle, which ranks in the bottom 10% of North Carolina middle schools, Northwest Guilford Middle's academic achievements are even more impressive. The school's consistent high performance, racial diversity, and equity in student outcomes make it a standout institution within the Guilford County Schools district and the state of North Carolina.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 5300 Northwest School Road
       Greensboro, NC  27409-0799


(336) 605-3333

District: Guilford County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
44th of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,800 Help


Students who attend Northwest Guilford Middle usually attend:

High:    Northwest Guilford High

Feeder schools for Northwest Guilford Middle:

Elementary:    Oak Ridge Elementary
    Stokesdale Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  18.1 Help
Number of students:  934

Racial breakdown:

White:
70.3%
Hispanic:
9.9%
Asian:
8.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  18.8% Help


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Compare Details Northwest Guilford Middle ranks better than 94.5% of middle schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 2nd among 21 ranked middle schools in the Guilford County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 93.1. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (70.3%), Hispanic (9.9%), Asian (8.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 18.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Northwest Guilford Middle is 18.1, which is the highest among 21 middle schools in the Guilford County Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Northwest Guilford Middle is $7,800, which is the lowest among 21 middle schools in the Guilford County Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Northwest Guilford Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Northwest Guilford Middle 44th of 793 North Carolina public middle schools. (See Northwest Guilford Middle in the ranking list.)

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Guilford County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Guilford County Schools 149th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Northwest Guilford Middle

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Rank History for all students at Northwest Guilford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 88.79 21st 598 96.5%
2007 86.92 29th 606 95.2%
2008 90.15 27th 620 95.6%
2009 86.34 30th 630 95.2%
2010 86.11 28th 640 95.6%
2011 86.32 25th 648 96.1%
2012 85.18 41st 662 93.8%
2013 93.04 36th 673 94.7%
2014 92.88 36th 627 94.3%
2015 91.70 35th 705 95.0%
2016 89.28 47th 692 93.2%
2017 92.63 32nd 694 95.4%
2018 90.43 37th 691 94.6%
2019 90.26 46th 737 93.8%
2021 90.66 52nd 741 93.0%
2022 92.89 46th 786 94.1%
2023 92.17 52nd 784 93.4%
2024 93.10 44th 793 94.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Northwest Guilford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.98 7th 221 96.8%
2019 88.25 14th 237 94.1%
2021 88.95 19th 248 92.3%
2022 83.48 28th 283 90.1%
2023 79.21 51st 302 83.1%
2024 94.50 9th 306 97.1%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Multi-racial Students!

Rank History for English Language Learner students at Northwest Guilford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 95.75 9th 312 97.1%
2024 91.89 12th 356 96.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Northwest Guilford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 87.38 17th 473 96.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Northwest Guilford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.05 114th 604 81.1%
2019 50.80 302nd 639 52.7%
2021 67.74 139th 633 78.0%
2022 71.80 118th 689 82.9%
2023 76.91 113th 735 84.6%
2024 88.14 50th 743 93.3%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Northwest Guilford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.86 47th 656 92.8%
2019 90.08 40th 684 94.2%
2021 91.23 48th 706 93.2%
2022 91.20 51st 733 93.0%
2023 90.42 55th 731 92.5%
2024 91.16 49th 738 93.4%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Northwest Guilford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.74 23rd 475 95.2%
2019 83.11 34th 504 93.3%
2021 75.69 40th 478 91.6%
2022 86.15 25th 449 94.4%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Northwest Guilford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 60.97 202nd 448 54.9%
2022 68.09 97th 450 78.4%
2023 64.21 168th 452 62.8%
2024 63.41 170th 461 63.1%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Gifted and Talented Students!

Rank History for Male students at Northwest Guilford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.45 30th 665 95.5%
2019 89.99 44th 697 93.7%
2021 88.81 61st 711 91.4%
2022 93.45 39th 748 94.8%
2023 92.67 39th 747 94.8%
2024 93.69 37th 751 95.1%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for Asian students at Northwest Guilford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.57 17th 95 82.1%
2019 81.75 18th 102 82.4%
2021 75.14 34th 99 65.7%
2022 83.71 14th 109 87.2%
2023 81.61 20th 110 81.8%
2024 81.24 22nd 110 80.0%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Asian Students!

Rank History for African American students at Northwest Guilford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.67 26th 494 94.7%
2019 90.51 34th 519 93.4%
2021 84.96 41st 533 92.3%
2022 86.67 50th 550 90.9%
2023 97.65 13th 559 97.7%
2024 93.08 30th 560 94.6%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Northwest Guilford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.19 21st 472 95.6%
2019 77.68 65th 493 86.8%
2021 79.91 58th 522 88.9%
2022 84.96 42nd 541 92.2%
2023 86.89 37th 553 93.3%
2024 83.05 53rd 564 90.6%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Northwest Guilford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.06 87th 596 85.4%
2019 82.42 90th 624 85.6%
2021 79.92 103rd 632 83.7%
2022 84.85 83rd 658 87.4%
2023 80.97 109th 656 83.4%
2024 83.71 95th 652 85.4%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Northwest Guilford Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 705 37 2 3 1 n/a n/a 0 748
1989 775 31 3 2 4 n/a n/a 0 815
1990 836 31 5 7 3 n/a n/a 0 882
1991 874 32 3 7 1 n/a n/a 0 917
1992 931 41 2 12 2 n/a n/a 0 988
1993 994 48 3 13 3 n/a n/a 0 1061
1994 1040 54 7 10 3 n/a n/a 0 1114
1995 1178 55 12 8 5 n/a n/a 0 1258
1996 1178 55 12 8 5 n/a n/a 0 1258
1997 1258 67 12 14 7 n/a n/a 0 1358
1998 1313 74 10 18 10 n/a n/a 0 1425
1999 1314 84 11 18 7 n/a n/a 0 1434
2000 1416 105 14 19 4 n/a n/a 0 1558
2001 1035 42 10 8 6 n/a n/a 0 1101
2002 1017 60 11 17 7 n/a n/a 0 1112
2003 1017 60 11 17 7 n/a n/a 0 1112
2004 1013 60 15 19 11 n/a n/a 0 1118
2005 1054 64 19 23 14 n/a n/a 0 1174
2006 1040 62 22 33 11 n/a n/a 0 1168
2007 942 61 27 40 8 n/a n/a 21 1099
2008 735 50 27 25 9 n/a n/a 20 866
2009 768 72 37 29 5 n/a n/a 0 911
2010 814 82 45 31 6 n/a n/a 0 978
2011 821 49 41 36 4 0 24 0 975
2012 820 37 42 42 5 0 23 0 969
2013 829 53 42 34 4 0 25 0 987
2014 845 53 36 35 2 0 21 0 992
2015 846 44 39 43 1 0 27 0 1000
2016 815 45 32 45 2 0 25 0 964
2017 833 55 58 64 3 2 36 0 1051
2018 806 64 64 55 6 1 45 0 1041
2019 811 70 84 80 3 1 46 0 1095
2020 770 65 86 88 3 0 44 0 1056
2021 722 60 105 94 0 0 37 0 1018
2022 679 55 96 90 0 0 38 0 958
2023 685 52 91 79 1 0 42 0 950
2024 657 61 82 92 1 0 41 0 934

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Northwest Guilford Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 748 45.0 16.6 4.7
1989 815 45.0 18.1 2.9
1990 882 45.0 19.6 6.1
1991 917 55.0 16.6 5.9
1992 988 59.0 16.7 2.3
1993 1061 60.0 17.7 4.1
1994 1114 64.0 17.4 5.8
1995 1258 76.0 16.6 4.7
1996 1258 76.0 16.6 4.7
1997 1358 86.0 15.8 3.6
1998 1425 93.0 15.3 3.6
1999 1434 81.0 17.7 7.7
2000 1558 93.0 16.8 7.4
2001 1101 101.0 10.9 10.9
2002 1112 101.0 11.0 10.8
2003 1112 101.0 11.0 10.8
2004 1118 101.0 11.1 10
2005 1174 101.0 11.6 11
2006 1168 101.0 11.6 8.8
2007 1099 66.1 16.6 8
2008 866 57.6 15.0 n/a
2009 911 59.7 15.3 9.9
2010 978 57.4 17.0 11.8
2011 975 57.5 16.9 13.4
2012 969 55.5 17.4 13.1
2013 987 54.4 18.1 14.5
2014 992 56.3 17.5 14.7
2015 1000 58.0 17.2 14.8
2016 964 56.0 17.2 14.2
2017 1051 60.8 17.2 13.3
2018 1041 56.8 18.3 11.7
2019 1095 58.6 18.6 11.2
2020 1056 56.7 18.6 13.3
2021 1018 57.1 17.8 9.8
2022 958 55.1 17.3 10.4
2023 950 52.1 18.2 18.2
2024 934 51.3 18.1 18.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Northwest Guilford Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 748 45.0 16.6 4.7
1989 815 45.0 18.1 2.9
1990 882 45.0 19.6 6.1
1991 917 55.0 16.6 5.9
1992 988 59.0 16.7 2.3
1993 1061 60.0 17.7 4.1
1994 1114 64.0 17.4 5.8
1995 1258 76.0 16.6 4.7
1996 1258 76.0 16.6 4.7
1997 1358 86.0 15.8 3.6
1998 1425 93.0 15.3 3.6
1999 1434 81.0 17.7 7.7
2000 1558 93.0 16.8 7.4
2001 1101 101.0 10.9 10.9
2002 1112 101.0 11.0 10.8
2003 1112 101.0 11.0 10.8
2004 1118 101.0 11.1 10
2005 1174 101.0 11.6 11
2006 1168 101.0 11.6 8.8
2007 1099 66.1 16.6 8
2008 866 57.6 15.0 n/a
2009 911 59.7 15.3 9.9
2010 978 57.4 17.0 11.8
2011 975 57.5 16.9 13.4
2012 969 55.5 17.4 13.1
2013 987 54.4 18.1 14.5
2014 992 56.3 17.5 14.7
2015 1000 58.0 17.2 14.8
2016 964 56.0 17.2 14.2
2017 1051 60.8 17.2 13.3
2018 1041 56.8 18.3 11.7
2019 1095 58.6 18.6 11.2
2020 1056 56.7 18.6 13.3
2021 1018 57.1 17.8 9.8
2022 958 55.1 17.3 10.4
2023 950 52.1 18.2 18.2
2024 934 51.3 18.1 18.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Northwest Guilford Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $622 (8.0%) $7,178 (92.0%) $7,800

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Northwest Guilford Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 46th of 737 Middle schoolsRanks 52nd of 784 Middle schools
 0.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Northwest Guilford Middle)82.974.7
 8.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Guilford County Schools)50.747.8
 2.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.852.3
 6.5%
6th Grade Reading (Northwest Guilford Middle)82.472.7
 9.7%
   6th Grade Reading (Guilford County Schools)59.643.8
 15.8%
   6th Grade Reading (North Carolina)6049.3
 10.7%
7th Grade Mathematics (Northwest Guilford Middle)79.984.4
 4.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Guilford County Schools)50.944.2
 6.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.450.1
 8.3%
7th Grade Reading (Northwest Guilford Middle)81.382.6
 1.3%
   7th Grade Reading (Guilford County Schools)57.645.3
 12.3%
   7th Grade Reading (North Carolina)58.850.2
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Northwest Guilford Middle)73.869.8
 4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Guilford County Schools)45.335.5
 9.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)52.644.8
 7.8%
8th Grade Reading (Northwest Guilford Middle)80.373.6
 6.7%
   8th Grade Reading (Guilford County Schools)54.447.2
 7.2%
   8th Grade Reading (North Carolina)55.651
 4.6%
8th Grade Science (Northwest Guilford Middle)93.691.8
 1.8%
   8th Grade Science (Guilford County Schools)75.566.4
 9.1%
   8th Grade Science (North Carolina)78.670.3
 8.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students1095950
 13.2%
African American7052
 25.7%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian8491
 8.3%
Hispanic8079
 1.3%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White811685
 15.5%
Two or More Races4642
 8.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients11.2%18.2%
 7%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Northwest Guilford Middle

In the 2023-24 school year, 934 students attended Northwest Guilford Middle.

Students at Northwest Guilford Middle are 70% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% African American, 4% Two or more races.

Yes. Northwest Guilford Middle ranks in the top 5.5% of North Carolina middle schools.

Students who attend Northwest Guilford Middle usually go on to attend Northwest Guilford High


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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