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Best Middle Schools in High Point, NC

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Schools

2,286

Students

Top rankedAllen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy454^th of 778 North Carolina middle schools

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Biggest riser

Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy up 63 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

High Point, North Carolina is home to four public middle schools — Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy, Ferndale Middle, Southwest Guilford Middle, and Welborn Middle — all part of Guilford County Schools, serving roughly 2,286 students in grades 5 through 8. Every school in the city serves a heavily economically disadvantaged student body, with free/reduced lunch eligibility between 98.7% and 99.7%, meaning poverty levels are nearly identical across all four campuses.

Academically, Allen Jay is the city's top performer, with a 2025–26 state rank of 454 out of 778 and an overall 6–8 EOG proficiency average of 52.5%; it is also the only High Point middle school to exceed the North Carolina state average in any grade-level subject, including 8th-grade reading. Southwest Guilford, the largest school with about 1,032 students, is close behind at 50.7% and beats the Guilford district in every 6–8 reading category, though its state rank has slipped over the past three years. Ferndale posted the biggest one-year gain in the city, jumping 9 points to 42.7% proficiency, but still trails both the district (51.2%) and state (57.7%). Welborn is the lowest-performing middle school in High Point, ranking 702nd of 778 with just 33.3% proficiency.

The most striking contradiction is Welborn: it has the best attendance (11.5% chronic absenteeism), the lowest student–teacher ratio (12.6), and the highest reported per-student spending ($11,773), yet its test scores are the weakest in the city — in 8th-grade math, only 16.7% of students are proficient. Meanwhile, Ferndale has the worst attendance (42.0%) and remains well below district averages despite its improvement. Achievement gaps also widen by 8th grade: Allen Jay outperforms Welborn by about 30 points in 8th-grade science. The bottom line for parents is that Allen Jay and Southwest Guilford are the relative academic leaders, Ferndale is improving from a low base, and Welborn is an urgent puzzle where strong attendance and funding are not yet translating into acceptable proficiency rates.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOG Mathematics (2026)				EOG Reading (2026)				EOG Science (2026)		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/reduced lunch	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Southwest Guilford Middle	Public	6-8	4368 Southwest School Road	High Point	27265	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 819-2985	1,032	59	17.6		233 (22.6%)	432 (41.9%)	157 (15.2%)	133 (12.9%)	7 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	68 (6.6%)	39	487^th of 778 public middle schools	37.4%		41.8	458^th of 773 public middle schools	40.8%	29		53.0	43.9	38.8		53.4	55.0	52.6		58.5	$7,832	$573	$7,259
Ferndale Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	701 Ferndale Boulevard	High Point	27262	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(336) 819-2855	486	32	15.2		34 (7.0%)	222 (45.7%)	150 (30.9%)	55 (11.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.7%)	23.4	620^th of 778 public middle schools	20.3%		17	673^rd of 773 public middle schools	12.9%	53		43.0	47.1	37.0		34.7	45.3	36.4		55.2	$9,974	$1,173	$8,801
Welborn Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	1710 McGuinn Drive	High Point	27265	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(336) 819-2880	376	30	12.6		45 (12.0%)	207 (55.1%)	75 (19.9%)	32 (8.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.3%)	12	702^nd of 778 public middle schools	9.8%		15.4	682^nd of 773 public middle schools	11.8%	20		43.2	36.7	16.7		33.3	36.2	32.6		34.1	$11,773	$2,324	$9,449
Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy	Public, Magnet	5-8	1201 East Fairfield Rd	High Point	27263	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(336) 819-2164	392	24	16.3		35 (8.9%)	253 (64.5%)	54 (13.8%)	24 (6.1%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	23 (5.9%)	42.6	454^th of 778 public middle schools	41.6%		34	517^th of 773 public middle schools	33.1%	63	64.9	54.9	51.2	40.2	51.4	45.1	53.5	58.7	66.2	64.1	$10,175	$860	$9,314

Cities Near High Point

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Jamestown	3.8 mi	8	224^th
Archdale	4.13 mi	4	302^nd
Trinity	5.15 mi	6	316^th
Thomasville	5.57 mi	14	291^st
Greensboro	7.28 mi	80	285^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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