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 30.8% compared to the previous school year, when 31.2% 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 86.4% of the 12th-graders hitting the ACT benchmark in the 2022-23 school year (38). Meanwhile, students from T. Wingate Andrews High School struggled the most on the reading portion, and only 7.6% 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, 34.9% of Guilford County Schools 12th-graders met English 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 | 80% | 86.4% |
| Philip J. Weaver Education Center | 64% | 72.8% |
| Northwest Guilford High School | 49.4% | 54.9% |
| Penn-Griffin Schools | 42.9% | 47.4% |
| Northern Guilford High School | 44.9% | 44.5% |
| Grimsley High School | 42.6% | 42.7% |
| Middle College at GTCC-High Point | 33.3% | 34.8% |
| Page High School | 41.7% | 33.9% |
| GTCC Middle College High | 40.3% | 33.3% |
| UNCG Early/Middle College | 26.5% | 32.7% |
| Western Guilford High School | 31.4% | 31.8% |
| Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro | 23.3% | 29.7% |
| Southwest Guilford High School | 29.7% | 28.1% |
| Southeast Guilford High School | 17% | 27.1% |
| Lucy Ragsdale High School | 27.2% | 25.3% |
| Kearns Academy | 15.4% | 20% |
| GC Middle College High | 31.3% | 19.4% |
| High Point Central High School | 20.7% | 19% |
| Middle College at North Carolina A&T | 7.7% | 18.9% |
| Academy at Smith | 16.7% | 18.5% |
| Southern Guilford High School | 13.5% | 16.8% |
| Eastern Guilford High School | 11.4% | 13.6% |
| Ben L. Smith High School | 7% | 9.8% |
| James B. Dudley High School | 13.7% | 8% |
| T. Wingate Andrews High School | 13.3% | 7.6% |
| Early College at Guilford | >95% | >95% |
| Doris Henderson Newcomers School | <5% | <5% |
| Northeast Guilford High School | 12.5% | <5% |
| SCALE School | 0% | <5% |
| Pruette SCALE Academy | 0% | <5% |
| Guilford County Schools | 31.2% | 30.8% |
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