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Morehead Elementary

Guilford County Schools · Guilford County

Address
4630 Tower Road, Greensboro, NC 27410
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Grades served
K-5
NCES school ID
370192000789
509
Students
37.4
Teachers (FTE)
13.6:1
Student–teacher ratio
C
Performance grade
61
Performance score
Met
Academic growth
20.4%
Chronically absent
58.2%
Economically disadvantaged

School calendar

Guilford County Schools's traditional calendar for the year — first and last days, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays, which apply to Morehead Elementary — with a printable PDF and a calendar file you can subscribe to.

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Attendance zone

Guilford County Schools

The area Guilford County Schools assigns to Morehead Elementary. Zones change, and addresses near a boundary are often decided case by case - confirm with the district before making plans.

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Zone for Morehead ElementaryNeighbouring zoneThis school

Zone boundary published by Guilford County Schools as “NEWElementaryNTZs24_25”, last updated 2026-09-08.

How Morehead Elementary compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 61 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools49th percentile
Higher than 49% · rank 1,205 of 2,483
North Carolina elementary schools51st percentile
Higher than 51% · rank 662 of 1,419
Guilford County Schools59th percentile
Higher than 59% · rank 44 of 109

Chronic absence is lower here than at 56% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2014

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Score down 13 points since 2014 (74 → 61). Met or exceeded expected growth in 10 of 10 years. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202561CMet55.9
202459CMet52.4
202359CMet55
202261CMet57.2
201974BMet72.5
201869CMet65.6
201770BMet66
201669CMet68
201576BMet74
201474BMet73

Rankings and trends are calculated by Back To School NC from NC DPI report card results; NC DPI publishes each school's own figures but not its standing among peers. See Guilford County Schools for district totals.

Student Demographics

Black 56.97%White 22.99%Hispanic 11.2%Two+ Races 6.68%Asian 1.96%Native Am. 0.2%
Black: 56.97% (290) White: 22.99% (117) Hispanic: 11.2% (57) Two+ Races: 6.68% (34) Asian: 1.96% (10) Native Am.: 0.2% (1)
Black56.97%
White22.99%
Hispanic11.2%
Two+ Races6.68%
Asian1.96%
Native Am.0.2%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 509
56.39%287 Female
43.61%222 Male

Student counts for Morehead Elementary, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 509 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 79.6%Chronically absent 20.4%
Regular attendance: 79.6% (445) Chronically absent: 20.4% (114)
Regular attendance79.6%
Chronically absent20.4%

Student Population

Students Counted: 559
58.2%Economically disadvantaged
17.88%91 English learners

Student indicators for Morehead Elementary, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 559 students DPI counted. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.

Teachers

Experienced 88.1%Beginning 11.9%
Experienced: 88.1% (31) Beginning: 11.9% (4)
Experienced88.1%
Beginning11.9%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 35.3 FTE
100%Fully licensed
0%Emergency or provisional
11.33%4 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Morehead Elementary, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 35.3 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
Science (grades 5 & 8)60.6%38%
Mathematics (grades 3–8)56.6%29.8%
Reading (grades 3–8)50%30.2%

Grade-level proficient is levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.

Achievement levels

SubjectNot ProficientLevel 3Level 4Level 5
Mathematics (grades 3–8)43.4%26.7%22.1%7.8%
Reading (grades 3–8)50%19.8%21.3%8.9%
Science (grades 5 & 8)39.4%22.5%31%7%

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallMeets Expected Growth1.3583.3

Teachers

Reported as full-time-equivalent staff, so figures carry decimals.

MeasureValue
Total teachers35.3
Experienced teachers31.1 (88%)
Beginning teachers4.2 (12%)
Holding a standard license35.3 (100%)
Emergency or provisional licenses0 (0%)
National Board certified4

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (114 of 559)20.4%
Economically disadvantaged58.2%
English learners making progress (of 91)61.5%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.96
Library books per student19.24
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeYes
Wireless access points per classroom1.35

Federal & state designations

DesignationApplies
Low-performing schoolNo
Recurring low-performingNo
CSI — low performingNo
CSI — low graduation rateNo
TSI — at riskNo
TSI — consistently underperformingNo

CSI is Comprehensive Support and Improvement; TSI is Targeted Support and Improvement, both federal ESSA categories.

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First page of the Morehead Elementary report card PDF

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Morehead Elementary's 2024-2025 report card as an interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts for performance, attendance and achievement levels, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.

Enrollment and staffing come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025; performance, attendance and economic-need figures are the state's NC School Report Card for the same year. Contact the school to confirm current details.