Catherine Truitt North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction website
Catherine Truitt North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction website
English scores among the district's schools dropped to 34.9% compared to the previous school year, when 37.9% of students were considered ready for post-secondary education.
STEM Early College @ North Carolina A&T SU students stood out from schools in Guilford County Schools in English, with almost 88.6% of the 12th-graders hitting the ACT benchmark in the 2022-23 school year (39). Meanwhile, students from Northeast Guilford High School struggled the most on the English portion, and only 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, 30.8% of Guilford County Schools 12th-graders met reading college readiness benchmarks in the 2022-23 school year. In math, 23.7% of students were ready for college, and science scores revealed 22.3% of seniors also met the standard. Overall, Guilford County Schools had an average college readiness of 15% 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) |
|---|---|---|
| STEM Early College @ North Carolina A&T SU | 91.1% | 88.6% |
| Philip J. Weaver Education Center | 80% | 84% |
| Penn-Griffin Schools | 62.9% | 68.4% |
| Northwest Guilford High School | 61% | 65.1% |
| Northern Guilford High School | 55.1% | 50.8% |
| Grimsley High School | 52% | 48.5% |
| Middle College at GTCC-High Point | 27.3% | 47.8% |
| GTCC Middle College High | 49.3% | 37.9% |
| Western Guilford High School | 33.5% | 36.8% |
| GC Middle College High | 47.9% | 36.1% |
| Page High School | 50.2% | 34.4% |
| Southwest Guilford High School | 37.3% | 32.8% |
| UNCG Early/Middle College | 40.8% | 32.7% |
| Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro | 50% | 29.7% |
| Lucy Ragsdale High School | 31.1% | 28.4% |
| Southeast Guilford High School | 21.7% | 28% |
| Kearns Academy | 19.2% | 26.7% |
| High Point Central High School | 26.8% | 24.7% |
| Academy at Smith | 30.6% | 24.1% |
| Middle College at North Carolina A&T | 7.7% | 18.9% |
| Eastern Guilford High School | 13.9% | 14.5% |
| Southern Guilford High School | 12.9% | 13.4% |
| James B. Dudley High School | 16.8% | 9.3% |
| Ben L. Smith High School | 9.6% | 9.3% |
| T. Wingate Andrews High School | 9.6% | 9.2% |
| Northeast Guilford High School | 11.7% | 8% |
| Early College at Guilford | >95% | >95% |
| Doris Henderson Newcomers School | <5% | <5% |
| SCALE School | 0% | <5% |
| Pruette SCALE Academy | 0% | <5% |
| Guilford County Schools | 37.9% | 34.9% |
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