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James B Dudley High

Public, Magnet Grades 9-12

570^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 641 North Carolina High Schools

Better than 11% of North Carolina high schools

Summary

James B Dudley High is a public magnet high school serving grades 9-12 in Greensboro, North Carolina, with a student population of 1,465. The school is part of the Guilford County Schools district, which is ranked 142 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

James B Dudley High consistently performs below the district and state averages on end-of-course (EOC) exams. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school had proficiency rates of 23.3% in Biology, 37.4% in English II, 10.1% in Math I, and 44% in Math III, compared to the district averages of 46.8%, 55.3%, 24.4%, and 65.4%, respectively. The school's four-year graduation rate has ranged from 86.9% to 92.2% over the past few years, slightly below the state average. Additionally, 99.8% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Compared to nearby schools in the Guilford County district, such as Ben L. Smith High, Page High, and Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro, James B Dudley High generally underperforms on academic measures. However, the school's performance on certain subgroups, such as English Language Learners and Homeless students, suggests that there may be opportunities to learn from the school's practices in supporting these populations.

1,403

Students ?

16.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,680

Per pupil spending ?

99.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1200 Lincoln Street
Greensboro, NC 27401-3798

(336) 370-8130

District: Guilford County Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:

76.3%

Hispanic:

17.4%

Two or more races:

3.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 21st percentile in 2015 → 11th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (31% vs 53% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 10 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg50%

North Carolina avg53%

570^th of 641

North Carolina public high schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 11% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

25^th of 25High Schools in the Guilford County Schools

142^nd of 242Guilford County Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	14.2	570 of 641	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.1	538 of 640	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.9	559 of 626	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	546 of 621	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.8	492 of 594	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.6	418 of 514	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.9	396 of 469	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	15.1	395 of 476	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	18.1	395 of 507	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.1	422 of 531	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	8.1	424 of 451	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	14.9	416 of 505	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	16.5	436 of 502	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	26.1	422 of 506	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	19.3	434 of 499	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	17.2	425 of 490	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	26.6	392 of 477	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	25.0	365 of 453	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	18.3	378 of 431	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	27.9	325 of 440	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.9	292 of 437	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.3	336 of 434	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.9	284 of 430	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.5	195 of 364	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.8	218 of 369	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.9	227 of 359	36.8%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2021	27.2	262 of 334	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.7	314 of 364	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.9	348 of 349	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	26.3	227 of 273	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	39.9	136 of 262	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.4	114 of 226	49.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.3	67 of 156	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	55.1	29 of 124	76.6%	★★★★☆
2019	43.9	83 of 173	52.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	12.9	558 of 610	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.4	519 of 602	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.0	542 of 588	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.9	521 of 594	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.8	360 of 475	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.3	402 of 475	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.0	404 of 449	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	39.9	301 of 412	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.2	327 of 403	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.5	381 of 403	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.8	381 of 398	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.0	298 of 337	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.1	282 of 325	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	47.8	58 of 100	42.0%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	22.4	389 of 462	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.2	289 of 454	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.5	363 of 449	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.0	387 of 436	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.0	299 of 370	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	45.2	145 of 354	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	33.2	231 of 340	32.1%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	46.8	16 of 39	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.3	26 of 47	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.4	40 of 45	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.8	28 of 34	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.2	7 of 9	22.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	47.6	21 of 44	52.3%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	17.9	539 of 606	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.0	492 of 613	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	545 of 597	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.3	488 of 544	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.7	358 of 432	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.9	373 of 446	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.8	393 of 424	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	13.2	550 of 601	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	522 of 607	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.0	548 of 602	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	533 of 585	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.4	445 of 481	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.3	432 of 488	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.5	408 of 463	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	21.1	221 of 253	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.5	192 of 249	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.8	179 of 199	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.9	157 of 195	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.1	150 of 185	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	32.0	233 of 349	33.2%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)59th percentile+48 vs school

Special Education (2024)33rd percentile+17 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)27th percentile+16 vs school

African American (2025)26th percentile+15 vs school

Disabled (2021)22nd percentile+4 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)17th percentile+6 vs school

Hispanic (2025)16th percentile+5 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)13th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)11th percentile~ school

Female (2025)9th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)8th percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Math III44%-22 vs state

English II37%-22 vs state

Biology23%-25 vs state

Math I10%-24 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOC Biology (2025)	EOC English II (2025)	EOC Math I (2025)	EOC Math III (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
James B Dudley High	Public, Magnet	9-12	1200 Lincoln Street	Greensboro	27401	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(336) 370-8130	1,403	84	16.7	99.8%	21 (1.5%)	1,071 (76.3%)	244 (17.4%)	17 (1.2%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	46 (3.3%)	14.2	570^th of 641 public high schools	11.1%		17.1	538^th of 640 public high schools	15.9%	32	23.3	37.4	10.1	44.0	$10,680	$1,276	$9,405
A&T Four Middle College	Public	9-12	1601 East Market Street	Greensboro	27411	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 691-0941	162	14	11.9	98.1%	2 (1.2%)	141 (87.0%)	10 (6.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.9%)	40.5	374^th of 641 public high schools	41.7%		50.7	293^rd of 640 public high schools	54.2%	81	57.8	55.0	24.0	48.7	$14,153	$230	$13,923
STEM Early College @ NC A&T SU	Public	9-12	402 Laurel Street	Greensboro	27411	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 370-8580	192	11	18.1	98.4%	36 (18.8%)	64 (33.3%)	8 (4.2%)	73 (38.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.7%)	97.2	1^st of 641 public high schools	99.8%					(n/a)	100.0	100.0			$10,069	$194	$9,874
Philip J Weaver Educational Center	Public, Magnet	9-12	300 South Spring Street	Greensboro	27401	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(336) 370-8282	260	38	6.8	98.8%	148 (56.9%)	57 (21.9%)	27 (10.4%)	13 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.8%)	92.2	61^st of 641 public high schools	90.5%		93.4	47^th of 640 public high schools	92.7%	14	85.9	90.9		96.8	$17,000	$482	$16,518
GC Middle College High	Public	11-12	815 West Market Street	Greensboro	27401	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 370-8300	106	7	14.5	97.2%	15 (14.2%)	58 (54.7%)	21 (19.8%)	8 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.8%)								(n/a)				99.9	$12,240	$479	$11,761
SCALE School	Public	6-12	1401 Summit Avenue	Greensboro	27405	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 545-2031	15	10	1.5	80.0%	3 (20.0%)	8 (53.3%)	2 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (13.3%)								(n/a)			7.7		$57,738	$8,497	$49,241
Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro	Public	9-12	3505 East Wendover Avenue	Greensboro	27405	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 375-2466	162	11	15.3	98.1%	20 (12.3%)	91 (56.2%)	34 (21.0%)	12 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.1%)	89.5	81^st of 641 public high schools	87.4%		93.7	45^th of 640 public high schools	93.0%	36	74.4	87.5		100.0	$10,384	$218	$10,166
UNCG Early/Middle College	Public	9-12	1510 Walker Avenue	Greensboro	27412	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 334-3662	199	13	15.0	98.5%	43 (21.6%)	89 (44.7%)	37 (18.6%)	15 (7.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.5%)	82.4	125^th of 641 public high schools	80.5%		77.5	142^nd of 640 public high schools	77.8%	17	72.3	89.8	25.0	96.3	$9,502	$349	$9,154
Grimsley High	Public, Magnet	9-12	801 N Josephine Boyd St.	Greensboro	27408	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(336) 370-8180	1,967	98	19.9	99.6%	830 (42.2%)	715 (36.3%)	246 (12.5%)	73 (3.7%)	5 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	96 (4.9%)	61.8	223^rd of 641 public high schools	65.2%		56.8	248^th of 640 public high schools	61.3%	25	60.5	68.8	26.3	77.4	$8,660	$655	$8,005
Page High	Public, Magnet	9-12	201 Alma Pinnix Drive	Greensboro	27405	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(336) 370-8200	1,648	88	18.6	99.8%	474 (28.8%)	720 (43.7%)	250 (15.2%)	105 (6.4%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	94 (5.7%)	50	297^th of 641 public high schools	53.7%		35.1	404^th of 640 public high schools	36.9%	107	50.4	57.7	29.0	74.3	$8,019	$722	$7,296

Frequently Asked Questions about James B Dudley High

What schools feed into James B Dudley High?

James B Dudley High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Bessemer Elementary
Elementary : Bluford Elementary
Elementary : Vandalia Elementary
Elementary : Waldo C Falkener Senior Elementary
Elementary : Washington Elementary
Middle : Lincoln Academy
Middle : Otis L Hairston Senior Middle

What is the racial makeup of James B Dudley High?

Students at James B Dudley High are 76% African American, 17% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 1% White, 1% Asian.

How many students attend James B Dudley High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,403 students attended James B Dudley High.

What district is James B Dudley High in?

Guilford County Schools

Is James B Dudley High a good school?

James B Dudley High ranks in the bottom 11.1% of North Carolina high schools.

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