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Erwin Montessori

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-5

1149^th

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of 1,492 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 23% of North Carolina elementary schools

Summary

Erwin Montessori is a small public Montessori school in south Greensboro, NC, serving 221 students in grades PK-5 through Guilford County Schools. It draws from one of the higher-poverty areas in the city, with nearly all students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school’s state ranking has slipped from the 62nd percentile (3 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 23rd percentile (1 star) in the latest 2025-2026 rankings, a sharp downward trend in recent years.

On the plus side, the school has some genuine strengths. Chronic absenteeism is just 21.2%, well below the district’s 29.2% and far lower than nearby schools like Washington Elementary (38.4%), Clara J Peck Elementary (38.1%), and Gillespie Park Elementary (35.1%). Erwin also spends about $17,956 per student in the most recent spending data, roughly $8,000 more than David D Jones Elementary or John Van Lindley Elementary. Academic results, however, are uneven. Third-grade reading (53.6%) edges out the district, and third-grade math (57.1%) is close to the district mark, but fourth-grade math craters to just 21.1% proficiency, a gap of nearly 36 points behind the district. Fifth-grade math (36.8%) and science (52.6%) also trail state averages by wide margins.

Reading has been a more consistent bright spot in recent years, with fourth- and fifth-grade reading scores running well above the district as recently as 2024-2025, a sign that strong instruction is possible at Erwin Montessori. The decline is especially puzzling because neighboring schools with virtually the same poverty profile and attendance rates, such as David D Jones Elementary and John Van Lindley Elementary, continue to outscore Erwin in nearly every grade and subject while spending thousands less per student. That suggests the slide has more to do with school-specific factors like curriculum, staffing, or shifting grade-level cohorts than with the students themselves. The school offers a small, well-attended community with strong resources, but current data point to a need for targeted support in upper-elementary math and science, with fourth grade as the critical pressure point.

221

Students ?

13.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

Community Eligibility

All students receive free meals (2024-25) ?

600 West Terrell Street
Greensboro, NC 27406

(336) 370-8151

District: Guilford County Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:

73.3%

Hispanic:

14.0%

White:

7.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 49th percentile in 2016 → 23rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (46% vs 61% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 26 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school46%

District avg56%

North Carolina avg61%

1,149^th of 1,492

North Carolina public elementary schools ?

Bottom 23%▼ down 26 pts since 2016

From bottom 49% (2016) to bottom 23% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

150^th of 246Guilford 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
2026	27.5	1149 of 1492	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	40.6	906 of 1490	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	60.7	572 of 1505	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.4	611 of 1502	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	65.0	500 of 1514	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	59.7	585 of 1489	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.6	604 of 1473	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	57.0	627 of 1434	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2017	50.2	742 of 1429	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2016	50.8	720 of 1425	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2015	57.3	620 of 1440	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2014	71.9	360 of 1390	74.1%	★★★★☆
2013	60.3	514 of 1403	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2012	60.7	587 of 1388	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	78.6	226 of 1381	83.6%	★★★★☆
2010	87.4	80 of 1363	94.1%	★★★★★
2009	89.1	64 of 1354	95.3%	★★★★★
2008	77.2	239 of 1324	81.9%	★★★★☆
2007	69.4	358 of 1293	72.3%	★★★★☆
2006	59.2	552 of 1276	56.7%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	48.5	447 of 903	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	62.7	262 of 918	71.5%	★★★★☆
2024	78.4	124 of 924	86.6%	★★★★☆
2023	73.9	166 of 933	82.2%	★★★★☆
2022	90.9	40 of 927	95.7%	★★★★★
2021	84.6	77 of 896	91.4%	★★★★★
2019	78.2	124 of 949	86.9%	★★★★☆
2018	79.6	102 of 927	89.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	16.4	1318 of 1447	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	25.8	1165 of 1451	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	52.0	698 of 1459	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	73.8	315 of 1458	78.4%	★★★★☆
2021	63.8	454 of 1440	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	61.3	533 of 1424	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	63.2	516 of 1405	63.3%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	39.1	922 of 1434	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	56.8	542 of 1437	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	64.3	412 of 1450	71.6%	★★★★☆
2023	62.4	454 of 1437	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	58.2	493 of 1366	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	52.2	544 of 1329	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	74.5	237 of 1361	82.6%	★★★★☆
2018	76.6	199 of 1332	85.1%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	66.2	448 of 1464	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	64.1	485 of 1461	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	50.3	716 of 1464	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	53.6	636 of 1444	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	53.0	690 of 1430	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	49.4	765 of 1413	45.9%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Male (2024)69th percentile+7 vs school

African American (2026)50th percentile+28 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)36th percentile+13 vs school

Female (2026)9th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?

Science53%-15 vs state

Reading50%-6 vs state

Mathematics41%-23 vs state

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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 (2024-25)	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 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th 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
Erwin Montessori	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	600 West Terrell Street	Greensboro	27406	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(336) 370-8151	221	16	13.5	—	17 (7.7%)	162 (73.3%)	31 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.1%)	27.5	1149^th of 1492 public elementary schools	23.0%		40.6	906^th of 1490 public elementary schools	39.2%	243	57.1	21.1	36.8				53.6	42.1	52.6				52.6		$17,956	$1,537	$16,419
David D Jones Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	502 South Street	Greensboro	27406	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(336) 370-8230	660	50	13.1	—	127 (19.2%)	403 (61.1%)	86 (13.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.2%)	43.3	854^th of 1492 public elementary schools	42.8%		40.6	907^th of 1490 public elementary schools	39.1%	53	67.0	51.5	42.0				57.1	57.3	53.1				60.5		$9,936	$986	$8,950
Julius I Foust Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2610 Floyd Street	Greensboro	27406	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 370-8155	661	42	15.6	—	36 (5.4%)	303 (45.8%)	206 (31.2%)	88 (13.3%)	3 (0.5%)	8 (1.2%)	17 (2.6%)	18.9	1295^th of 1492 public elementary schools	13.2%		14.3	1357^th of 1490 public elementary schools	8.9%	62	58.4	42.4	46.5				39.6	40.7	32.7				48.0		$12,112	$2,105	$10,006
Clara J Peck Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1601 West Florida Street	Greensboro	27403	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 370-8235	638	42	15.0	—	30 (4.7%)	347 (54.4%)	188 (29.5%)	43 (6.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	26 (4.1%)	11	1407^th of 1492 public elementary schools	5.7%		16.1	1336^th of 1490 public elementary schools	10.3%	71	20.2	41.4	47.3	45.5			21.7	25.3	34.8	36.4			49.5		$14,425	$2,710	$11,715
Guilford eLearning University Prep	Public, Virtual	K-8	1305-A Merritt Drive	Greensboro	27407	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(336) 522-6330	284	32	8.9	64.8%	65 (22.9%)	152 (53.5%)	27 (9.5%)	6 (2.1%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (10.9%)	21.9	1252^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	16.1%		48	781^st of 1490 public elementary schools	47.6%	471	21.4	36.4	15.4	45.8	42.9	30.0	28.6	50.0	38.5	58.3	51.7	33.3	15.4	56.7
Gillespie Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 Martin Luther King Jr Dri	Greensboro	27406	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 370-8640	215	15	14.8	—	7 (3.3%)	136 (63.3%)	56 (26.0%)	6 (2.8%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.2%)	7.8	1445^th of 1492 public elementary schools	3.2%		9.2	1432^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	3.9%	13	39.3	25.0	35.5				18.5	33.3	38.7				45.2		$14,387	$2,532	$11,855
The Experiential School of Greensboro	Public, Charter	K-8	301 S Church St	Greensboro	27401	Guilford County	The Experiential School of Greensboro	Yes	No	No	No	(336) 890-8374	191	19	10.2	50.3%	68 (35.6%)	80 (41.9%)	17 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (13.1%)	9.9	1424^th of 1492 public elementary schools	4.6%		29.8	1094^th of 1490 public elementary schools	26.6%	330	8.3		21.4	46.2	20.0	34.8	8.3		42.9	30.8	40.0	52.2	35.7	73.9
Washington Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	1110 East Washington Street	Greensboro	27401	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(336) 370-8290	214	15	14.7	—	5 (2.3%)	172 (80.4%)	19 (8.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.5%)	16.1	1349^th of 1492 public elementary schools	9.6%		12.4	1386^th of 1490 public elementary schools	7.0%	37	55.6	29.4	43.5				48.1	17.6	39.1				47.8		$14,911	$2,191	$12,720
Bluford Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	1901 Tuscaloosa Street	Greensboro	27401	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(336) 370-8120	266	21	12.3	—	9 (3.4%)	205 (77.1%)	39 (14.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.5%)	47.3	777^th of 1492 public elementary schools	47.9%		31.9	1060^th of 1490 public elementary schools	28.9%	283	76.7	46.9	57.1				46.7	40.6	60.0				74.3		$12,451	$1,850	$10,602
John Van Lindley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2700 Camden Road	Greensboro	27403	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 294-7360	521	36	14.4	—	246 (47.2%)	149 (28.6%)	80 (15.4%)	24 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.0%)	65.2	501^st of 1492 public elementary schools	66.4%		69.9	397^th of 1490 public elementary schools	73.4%	104	73.4	65.6	73.9				67.2	50.0	60.9				71.0		$10,039	$845	$9,194

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How many students attend Erwin Montessori?

In the 2024-25 school year, 221 students attended Erwin Montessori.

What district is Erwin Montessori in?

Guilford County Schools

What is the racial makeup of Erwin Montessori?

Students at Erwin Montessori are 73% African American, 14% Hispanic, 8% White, 4% Two or more races.

Is Erwin Montessori a good school?

Erwin Montessori ranks in the bottom 23.0% of North Carolina elementary schools.

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