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
Math scores among the district's schools dropped to 21.1% compared to the previous school year, when 23.9% 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 math, with almost 82.6% of the 11th-graders hitting the ACT benchmark in the 2022-23 school year (38). Meanwhile, students from High Point Central High School struggled the most on the math portion, and only 8.5% were considered ready for college.
For comparison, North Carolina saw 25% of its students meeting or exceeding the ACT benchmarks for math during the 2022-23 school year.
Besides math, 35.9% of Guilford County Schools 11th-graders met English college readiness benchmarks in the 2022-23 school year. In reading, 28.2% of students were ready for college, and science scores revealed 21.4% 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) |
|---|---|---|
| STEM Early College @ North Carolina A&T SU | 86.4% | 82.6% |
| Philip J. Weaver Education Center | 54.3% | 47.1% |
| Northwest Guilford High School | 51.4% | 45.7% |
| GTCC Middle College High | 27.3% | 41.7% |
| Northern Guilford High School | 42.7% | 34.8% |
| Middle College at GTCC-High Point | 17.4% | 33.3% |
| Grimsley High School | 36.7% | 32% |
| Penn-Griffin Schools | 26.3% | 29.7% |
| Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro | 16.2% | 29.7% |
| Page High School | 24.6% | 26.6% |
| Southwest Guilford High School | 20.1% | 20.2% |
| GC Middle College High | 13.5% | 19.2% |
| Lucy Ragsdale High School | 19% | 18.7% |
| Western Guilford High School | 17.1% | 16.9% |
| Southeast Guilford High School | 21% | 16.4% |
| UNCG Early/Middle College | 16% | 11.1% |
| Middle College at North Carolina A&T | 10.8% | 9.1% |
| High Point Central High School | 9.2% | 8.5% |
| T. Wingate Andrews High School | <5% | <5% |
| James B. Dudley High School | <5% | <5% |
| Eastern Guilford High School | 7% | <5% |
| Early College at Guilford | <5% | <5% |
| Doris Henderson Newcomers School | <5% | <5% |
| Kearns Academy | 10% | <5% |
| Northeast Guilford High School | <5% | <5% |
| SCALE School | 0% | <5% |
| Pruette SCALE Academy | 0% | <5% |
| Ben L. Smith High School | <5% | <5% |
| Academy at Smith | 11.1% | <5% |
| Southern Guilford High School | 6.8% | <5% |
| Guilford County Schools | 23.9% | 21.1% |
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