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
Science scores among the district's schools rose to 22.3% compared to the previous school year, when 22.2% 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 science, with almost 84.1% of the 12th-graders hitting the ACT benchmark in the 2022-23 school year (37). Meanwhile, students from Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro and Middle College at North Carolina A&T struggled the most on the science portion, and only 5.4% were considered ready for college.
For comparison, North Carolina saw 26% of its students meeting or exceeding the ACT benchmarks for science during the 2022-23 school year.
Besides science, 34.9% of Guilford County Schools 12th-graders met English college readiness benchmarks in the 2022-23 school year. In reading, 30.8% of students were ready for college, and math scores revealed 23.7% 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 | 71.1% | 84.1% |
| Philip J. Weaver Education Center | 40% | 58% |
| Northwest Guilford High School | 42% | 46.6% |
| Penn-Griffin Schools | 20% | 36.8% |
| Northern Guilford High School | 35% | 36.1% |
| Grimsley High School | 31.5% | 32.3% |
| Page High School | 29.3% | 21.8% |
| GTCC Middle College High | 23.9% | 21.2% |
| Western Guilford High School | 20.8% | 19.9% |
| Middle College at GTCC-High Point | 9.1% | 19.6% |
| Southwest Guilford High School | 22.9% | 19.4% |
| Southeast Guilford High School | 10.7% | 17.3% |
| Lucy Ragsdale High School | 18% | 16.7% |
| UNCG Early/Middle College | 18.4% | 16.3% |
| Kearns Academy | <5% | 13.3% |
| GC Middle College High | 12.5% | 11.1% |
| High Point Central High School | 13.1% | 9.8% |
| Academy at Smith | <5% | 9.3% |
| Southern Guilford High School | 6.4% | 8.9% |
| James B. Dudley High School | 7.1% | 7.6% |
| Eastern Guilford High School | 7% | 6.4% |
| Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro | 13.3% | 5.4% |
| Middle College at North Carolina A&T | <5% | 5.4% |
| T. Wingate Andrews High School | <5% | <5% |
| Early College at Guilford | >95% | >95% |
| Doris Henderson Newcomers School | <5% | <5% |
| Northeast Guilford High School | 5.8% | <5% |
| SCALE School | 0% | <5% |
| Pruette SCALE Academy | 0% | <5% |
| Ben L. Smith High School | <5% | <5% |
| Guilford County Schools | 22.2% | 22.3% |
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