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Northwood Elementary

Guilford County Schools · Guilford County

Address
818 West Lexington Avenue, High Point, NC 27262
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Grades served
PK-5
NCES school ID
370192000962
502
Students
31.9
Teachers (FTE)
15.7:1
Student–teacher ratio
C
Performance grade
57
Performance score
Met
Academic growth
35.2%
Chronically absent
75.8%
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 Northwood 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 Northwood 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 boundary published by Guilford County Schools as “NEWElementaryNTZs24_25”, last updated 2026-09-08.

How Northwood Elementary compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 57 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools37th percentile
Higher than 37% · rank 1,486 of 2,483
North Carolina elementary schools39th percentile
Higher than 39% · rank 818 of 1,419
Guilford County Schools46th percentile
Higher than 46% · rank 52 of 109

Chronic absence is lower here than at 16% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2014

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Score up 7 points since 2014 (50 → 57). Met or exceeded expected growth in 9 of 10 years, exceeding it in 1. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202557CMet50.6
202452DExceeded43.8
202345DMet38.1
202245DMet35.8
201949DMet42.8
201847DMet40.2
201747DNot Met42
201651DMet46
201551DMet46
201450DMet44

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 47.01%Hispanic 27.09%White 12.95%Asian 6.57%Two+ Races 6.37%
Black: 47.01% (236) Hispanic: 27.09% (136) White: 12.95% (65) Asian: 6.57% (33) Two+ Races: 6.37% (32)
Black47.01%
Hispanic27.09%
White12.95%
Asian6.57%
Two+ Races6.37%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 502
47.81%240 Female
52.19%262 Male

Student counts for Northwood Elementary, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 502 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 64.8%Chronically absent 35.2%
Regular attendance: 64.8% (337) Chronically absent: 35.2% (183)
Regular attendance64.8%
Chronically absent35.2%

Student Population

Students Counted: 520
75.8%Economically disadvantaged
14.94%75 English learners

Student indicators for Northwood Elementary, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 520 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 73.22%Beginning 26.78%
Experienced: 73.22% (22) Beginning: 26.78% (8)
Experienced73.22%
Beginning26.78%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 29.9 FTE
100%Fully licensed
0%Emergency or provisional
6.7%2 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Northwood 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 29.9 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
Science (grades 5 & 8)68.2%30.3%
Mathematics (grades 3–8)46.3%21%
Reading (grades 3–8)41.5%18%

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)53.7%25.4%19.5%--
Reading (grades 3–8)58.5%23.4%14.1%--
Science (grades 5 & 8)31.8%37.9%27.3%--

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallMeets Expected Growth0.581.2

Teachers

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

MeasureValue
Total teachers29.87
Experienced teachers21.87 (73%)
Beginning teachers8 (27%)
Holding a standard license29.87 (100%)
Emergency or provisional licenses0 (0%)
National Board certified2

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (183 of 520)35.2%
Economically disadvantaged75.8%
English learners making progress (of 75)76%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.66
Library books per student15.45
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeNo
Wireless access points per classroom1.23

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 Northwood Elementary report card PDF

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Northwood 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.