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
Reading scores among the district's schools dropped to 28.2% compared to the previous school year, when 30.7% 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 reading, with almost 80.4% of the 11th-graders hitting the ACT benchmark in the 2022-23 school year (37). Meanwhile, students from Ben L. Smith High School struggled the most on the reading portion, and only 6.1% were considered ready for college.
For comparison, North Carolina saw 36% of its students meeting or exceeding the ACT benchmarks for reading during the 2022-23 school year.
Besides reading, 35.9% of Guilford County Schools 11th-graders met English 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) |
|---|---|---|
| STEM Early College @ North Carolina A&T SU | 86.4% | 80.4% |
| Philip J. Weaver Education Center | 70.4% | 65.5% |
| Northwest Guilford High School | 54.5% | 50.8% |
| Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro | 32.4% | 43.2% |
| Middle College at GTCC-High Point | 34.8% | 42.9% |
| Page High School | 32.4% | 39.6% |
| Northern Guilford High School | 45% | 39.4% |
| Grimsley High School | 43.6% | 39% |
| GTCC Middle College High | 33.3% | 38.3% |
| UNCG Early/Middle College | 32.7% | 37% |
| GC Middle College High | 18.9% | 34.6% |
| Southwest Guilford High School | 27.7% | 28.9% |
| Southeast Guilford High School | 26.5% | 27.3% |
| Penn-Griffin Schools | 47.4% | 24.3% |
| Western Guilford High School | 31.2% | 24.1% |
| Lucy Ragsdale High School | 24.7% | 19% |
| Southern Guilford High School | 16.9% | 16.8% |
| James B. Dudley High School | 8.6% | 16.1% |
| High Point Central High School | 19.1% | 13.7% |
| Middle College at North Carolina A&T | 16.2% | 9.1% |
| T. Wingate Andrews High School | 6.8% | 8.3% |
| Northeast Guilford High School | <5% | 8.1% |
| Kearns Academy | 16.7% | 7.1% |
| Eastern Guilford High School | 13.5% | 6.8% |
| Ben L. Smith High School | 10% | 6.1% |
| Early College at Guilford | <5% | <5% |
| Doris Henderson Newcomers School | <5% | <5% |
| SCALE School | 0% | <5% |
| Pruette SCALE Academy | 0% | <5% |
| Academy at Smith | 18.2% | <5% |
| Guilford County Schools | 30.7% | 28.2% |
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