Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Summary:

Doris Henderson Newcomers School is an alternative public school in Greensboro, North Carolina that serves grades 3-12, with a high percentage of minority and low-income students. Despite its small class sizes and high per-student spending, the school has consistently struggled with low academic performance compared to the district and state averages.

Doris Henderson Newcomers School faces significant challenges, with proficiency rates well below the Guilford County Schools and North Carolina state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2022-2023, only 8.7% of 4th graders were proficient or better in math, compared to 51.7% for Guilford County and 55.3% for the state. The school's low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 4.7 to 14 over the past three years, is much lower than the nearby alternative schools, which have ratios between 4.6 and 43.3. However, this has not translated to better academic outcomes, as the school's per-student spending of $13,860 in 2018-2019 was significantly higher than the $51,657 to $87,297 spent per student at the nearby alternative schools.

The racial composition of Doris Henderson Newcomers School has shifted significantly over the past three years, with the percentage of Hispanic students increasing from 50.43% in 2020-2021 to 49.6% in 2022-2023, while the percentage of African American students decreased from 35.04% to 26.65% over the same period. As an alternative school serving a high percentage of immigrant and refugee students, Doris Henderson Newcomers School may face unique challenges in supporting the academic and social-emotional needs of its diverse student population, which could be contributing to its consistently low test scores and high poverty rates.


Detail:

Public, Alternative 3-12

 411 Friendway Road
       Greensboro, NC  27410


(336) 316-5883

District: Guilford County Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,860 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  12.1 Help
Number of students:  315

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
44.1%
African American:
38.7%
White:
13.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  99% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Doris Henderson Newcomers School is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2022 the calculated Average Standard Score was 2.05. (See more...)
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Compare Details Doris Henderson Newcomers School is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2021 the calculated Average Standard Score was 4.32. (See more...)
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Compare Details Doris Henderson Newcomers School is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 6.93. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Doris Henderson Newcomers School has the largest alternative school student body size in the Guilford County Schools District. Student population at Doris Henderson Newcomers School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (44.1%), African American (38.7%), White (13.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 99% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Guilford County Schools District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Doris Henderson Newcomers School is 12.1, which is the highest among 3 alternative schools in the Guilford County Schools District! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Doris Henderson Newcomers School is $13,860, which is the lowest among 3 alternative schools in the Guilford County Schools District!
Schooldigger Rankings:

Doris Henderson Newcomers School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.

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 Doris Henderson Newcomers School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2008 1.12 1319th 1324 0.4%
2018 1.02 1433rd 1434 0.1%
2021 5.28 1463rd 1489 1.7%
2022 2.05 1513th 1514 0.1%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 19.97 358th 385 7.0%
2022 8.75 485th 485 0.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 0.12 1361st 1361 0.0%
2021 12.73 1286th 1329 3.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 5.99 30th 30 0.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 1.93 1400th 1405 0.4%
2021 9.75 1368th 1440 5.0%
2023 1.08 1459th 1459 0.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 0.20 1430th 1430 0.0%
2022 1.78 1463rd 1464 0.1%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 1.06 949th 949 0.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 0.18 865th 865 0.0%
2022 2.58 893rd 893 0.0%
2023 2.87 915th 915 0.0%
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Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Doris Henderson Newcomers School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2008 7.17 578th 620 6.8%
2018 0.67 688th 691 0.4%
2021 4.32 731st 741 1.3%
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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.03 134th 151 11.3%
2021 24.55 214th 236 9.3%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 1.68 632nd 639 1.1%
2022 2.69 686th 689 0.4%
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Rank History for middle school Homeless students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 6.51 71st 71 0.0%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 1.52 652nd 656 0.6%
2019 0.16 683rd 684 0.1%
2021 5.47 697th 706 1.3%
2023 3.45 727th 731 0.5%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 0.43 665th 665 0.0%
2019 0.51 696th 697 0.1%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 2.09 515th 519 0.8%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 0.54 472nd 472 0.0%
2021 3.13 521st 522 0.2%
2023 2.06 552nd 553 0.2%
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Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Doris Henderson Newcomers School

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Rank History for all high school students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2008 65.21 109th 477 77.1%
2009 65.69 112th 490 77.1%
2010 3.17 476th 499 4.6%
2011 0.11 505th 506 0.2%
2012 0.02 501st 502 0.2%
2019 6.18 474th 514 7.8%
2023 6.93 599th 626 4.3%
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Rank History for high school English Language Learner students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 25.61 188th 226 16.8%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 11.76 567th 597 5.0%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 6.01 574th 588 2.4%
2024 4.29 594th 602 1.3%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 8.70 567th 602 5.8%
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Rank History for high school Asian students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 7.62 95th 98 3.1%
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Rank History for high school African American students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 21.79 365th 434 15.9%
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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 1.10 454th 454 0.0%
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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.

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Enrollment information for Doris Henderson Newcomers School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2008 1 30 109 72 0 n/a n/a 1 213
2009 14 15 78 17 0 n/a n/a 0 124
2010 25 37 114 40 0 n/a n/a 0 216
2011 8 21 121 39 0 0 0 0 189
2012 3 43 108 39 0 1 0 0 194
2013 19 36 84 59 0 0 0 0 198
2014 31 49 78 84 0 0 1 0 243
2015 15 58 68 120 0 0 0 0 261
2016 20 75 50 76 0 0 0 0 221
2017 47 107 53 149 0 0 0 0 356
2018 18 94 44 109 0 0 1 0 266
2019 8 72 30 101 0 0 0 0 211
2020 7 76 28 217 1 0 2 0 331
2021 11 41 5 59 1 0 0 0 117
2022 9 45 15 181 1 0 1 0 252
2023 60 101 29 188 0 0 1 0 379
2024 43 122 11 139 0 0 0 0 315

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 Doris Henderson Newcomers School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2008 213 21.0 10.1 n/a
2009 124 18.5 6.7 97.6
2010 216 18.8 11.4 98.6
2011 189 18.0 10.4 98.4
2012 194 19.5 9.9 98.5
2013 198 17.1 11.5 98.5
2014 243 18.6 13.0 93.8
2015 261 19.0 13.7 98.9
2016 221 18.0 12.2 95.5
2017 356 23.8 14.9 99.2
2018 266 21.9 12.1 70.7
2019 211 23.5 8.9 98.6
2020 331 24.8 13.2 99.1
2021 117 24.7 4.7 97.4
2022 252 28.0 8.9 98.8
2023 379 26.9 14.0 99.2
2024 315 25.9 12.1 99

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 Doris Henderson Newcomers School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2008 213 21.0 10.1 n/a
2009 124 18.5 6.7 97.6
2010 216 18.8 11.4 98.6
2011 189 18.0 10.4 98.4
2012 194 19.5 9.9 98.5
2013 198 17.1 11.5 98.5
2014 243 18.6 13.0 93.8
2015 261 19.0 13.7 98.9
2016 221 18.0 12.2 95.5
2017 356 23.8 14.9 99.2
2018 266 21.9 12.1 70.7
2019 211 23.5 8.9 98.6
2020 331 24.8 13.2 99.1
2021 117 24.7 4.7 97.4
2022 252 28.0 8.9 98.8
2023 379 26.9 14.0 99.2
2024 315 25.9 12.1 99

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 Doris Henderson Newcomers School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,162 (15.6%) $11,698 (84.4%) $13,860

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Doris Henderson Newcomers School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 474th of 514 High schoolsRanks 599th of 626 High schools
 3.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
8th Grade Science (Doris Henderson Newcomers School)12.114.9
 2.8%
   8th Grade Science (Guilford County Schools)75.566.4
 9.1%
   8th Grade Science (North Carolina)78.670.3
 8.3%
End of Course Math I (Doris Henderson Newcomers School)6.410
 3.6%
   End of Course Math I (Guilford County Schools)2723.1
 3.9%
   End of Course Math I (North Carolina)41.235.9
 5.3%
End of Course Math III (Doris Henderson Newcomers School)23.818.8
 5%
   End of Course Math III (Guilford County Schools)4651
 5%
   End of Course Math III (North Carolina)46.858.3
 11.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students211379
 79.6%
African American72101
 40.3%
American Indian00
Asian3029
 3.3%
Hispanic101188
 86.1%
Pacific Islander00
White860
 650%
Two or More Races01
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients98.6%99.2%
 0.6%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 315 students attended Doris Henderson Newcomers School.

Students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School are 44% Hispanic, 39% African American, 14% White, 3% Asian.


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