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Guilford County Schools

A public school district in Greensboro, North Carolina, with 120 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

67,620
Students enrolled
4,479.9
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
Suppressed by NCES
All staff, full-time equivalent
$12,897
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 67,620 in 2024–25
Ranks 54th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 3rd of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $12,897 in fiscal year 2023
More than 24% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Guilford County Schools spent $12,897 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,409 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Guilford County Schools spent $12,897 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,409 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$12,897$888.5 million68,894
FY2022$13,036$901.7 million69,173
FY2021$11,254$788.3 million70,047
FY2020$10,283$747.4 million72,682
FY2019$10,096$736.5 million72,950
FY2018$9,609$703.5 million73,210
FY2017$9,654$705.3 million73,059
FY2016$9,215$674.1 million73,151
FY2015$9,296$682.5 million73,416
FY2014$9,227$665.1 million72,081
FY2013$9,035$670.1 million74,161
FY2012$8,810$652.7 million74,086
FY2011$8,684$635.7 million73,205
FY2010$8,975$653.0 million72,758
FY2009$9,058$660.8 million72,951
FY2008$8,577$608.6 million70,960
FY2007$8,297$584.3 million70,427
FY2006$7,632$525.0 million68,797
FY2005$7,409$497.4 million67,130

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Guilford County Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$177.3 million18.3%
State$497.2 million51.2%
Local$296.8 million30.6%
Total$971.4 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

120 operational schools, A to Z, 100 to a page: page 1 of 2.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Guilford County Schools, page 1 of 2
SchoolStudents
A&T Four Middle College162
Academy at Smith246
Alamance Elementary499
Allen Jay Elementary467
Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy392
Allen Middle617
Ben L. Smith High School1,348
Bessemer Elementary509
Bluford Elementary266
Brightwood Elementary488
Brooks Global Elementary314
Brown Summit Middle242
C Joyner Greene Education Center67
Ceasar Cone Elementary412
Clara J Peck Elementary638
Claxton Elementary579
Colfax Elementary587
Cyrus P Frazier Elementary327
David D Jones Elementary660
Doris Henderson Newcomers School326
EP Pearce Elementary653
Early College at Guilford193
Eastern Guilford High1,200
Eastern Guilford Middle901
Edwin A Alderman Elementary392
Erwin Montessori221
Fairview Elementary442
Ferndale Middle486
Florence Elementary628
GC Middle College High106
GTCC Middle College High255
Gateway Education Center146
General Greene Elementary423
George C Simkins Jr Elementary588
Gibsonville Elementary595
Gillespie Park Elementary215
Grimsley High1,967
Guilford Elementary623
Guilford eLearning University Prep284
Haynes Inman Education Center135
Herbin Metz Education Center68
High Point Central High1,005
Hunter Elementary505
Irving Park Elementary541
Jackson Middle458
James B Dudley High1,403
James Y Joyner Elementary274
Jamestown Elementary453
Jamestown Middle949
Jefferson Elementary698
Jesse Wharton Elementary521
John Van Lindley Elementary521
Johnson Street Global Studies389
Julius I Foust Elementary661
Kearns Academy108
Kernodle Middle707
Kirkman Park Elementary236
Kiser Middle1,074
Lincoln Academy696
Lucy Ragsdale High1,292
Madison Elementary204
McLeansville Elementary332
Mendenhall Middle905
Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro162
Middle College at GTCC-High Point194
Millis Road Elementary444
Monticello-Brown Summit Elementary291
Montlieu Academy of Technology499
Morehead Elementary509
Nathanael Greene Elementary263
Northeast Guilford High977
Northeast Guilford Middle675
Northern Guilford Elementary622
Northern Guilford High1,251
Northern Guilford Middle780
Northwest Guilford High2,055
Northwest Guilford Middle915
Northwood Elementary502
Oak Hill Elementary411
Oak Ridge Elementary712
Oak View Elementary491
Otis L Hairston Sr Middle658
Page High1,648
Parkview Village Elementary297
Penn-Griffin Schools539
Philip J Weaver Ed Center260
Pilot Elementary556
Pleasant Garden Elementary453
Pruette SCALE Academy10
Rankin Elementary673
Reedy Fork Elementary538
Ronald E. McNair Elementary447
SCALE School15
STEM Early College @ NC A&T SU192
Sedalia Elementary535
Sedgefield Elementary489
Shadybrook Elementary319
Southeast Guilford High1,209
Southeast Guilford Middle826
Southern Elementary215

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 13
NCES district ID
3701920

Elsewhere

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