Catherine Truitt North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://x.com/ctruittnc?lang=en
Catherine Truitt North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://x.com/ctruittnc?lang=en
English scores among the district's schools rose to 35.9% compared to the previous school year, when 34.5% of students were considered ready for post-secondary education.
Philip J. Weaver Education Center students stood out from schools in Guilford County Schools in English, with almost 72.4% of the 11th-graders hitting the ACT benchmark in the 2022-23 school year (63). Meanwhile, students from Ben L. Smith High School struggled the most on the English portion, and only 6.8% were considered ready for college.
For comparison, North Carolina saw 41% of its students meeting or exceeding the ACT benchmarks for English during the 2022-23 school year.
Besides English, 28.2% of Guilford County Schools 11th-graders met reading college readiness benchmarks in the 2022-23 school year. In science, 21.4% of students were ready for college, and math scores revealed 21.1% of juniors also met the standard. Overall, Guilford County Schools had an average college readiness of 14% across all ACT areas.
North Carolina's education system is still grappling with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the 2022-23 ACT results, college readiness among North Carolina students falls short of pre-pandemic levels, with only 17.1% meeting benchmarks.
Additionally, the state's performance is lagging behind the national average, which currently stands at 21%.
| School | Met or Exceeded Benchmarks (2021-22) | Met or Exceeded Benchmarks (2022-23) |
|---|---|---|
| Philip J. Weaver Education Center | 84% | 72.4% |
| Northwest Guilford High School | 64.7% | 66.2% |
| Middle College at GTCC-High Point | 47.8% | 57.1% |
| Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro | 27% | 56.8% |
| Northern Guilford High School | 50% | 52.6% |
| Penn-Griffin Schools | 65.8% | 51.4% |
| Page High School | 33.2% | 49.9% |
| GTCC Middle College High | 36.4% | 48.3% |
| Grimsley High School | 48.4% | 46.5% |
| GC Middle College High | 32.4% | 46.2% |
| UNCG Early/Middle College | 34% | 40.7% |
| Southeast Guilford High School | 27.7% | 33.9% |
| Lucy Ragsdale High School | 27.8% | 32.1% |
| Southwest Guilford High School | 32% | 31% |
| Western Guilford High School | 35.7% | 30.5% |
| James B. Dudley High School | 9.4% | 20.9% |
| Middle College at North Carolina A&T | 18.9% | 18.2% |
| High Point Central High School | 24.1% | 17.9% |
| Academy at Smith | 23.6% | 16.3% |
| Northeast Guilford High School | 8.6% | 16% |
| Eastern Guilford High School | 14.4% | 14.5% |
| Southern Guilford High School | 14.1% | 14.4% |
| Kearns Academy | 23.3% | 14.3% |
| T. Wingate Andrews High School | 9% | 11.7% |
| Ben L. Smith High School | 9% | 6.8% |
| Early College at Guilford | <5% | <5% |
| Doris Henderson Newcomers School | <5% | <5% |
| SCALE School | 0% | <5% |
| Pruette SCALE Academy | 0% | <5% |
| STEM Early College @ North Carolina A&T SU | 88.6% | <5% |
| Guilford County Schools | 34.5% | 35.9% |
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