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George C Simkins Junior Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

1389^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,490 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 7% of North Carolina elementary schools

Summary

George C Simkins Junior Elementary is a public elementary school in Greensboro, North Carolina, serving 610 students in grades PK-5 and part of the Guilford County Schools district.

The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of North Carolina elementary schools over the past 10 years, with significantly lower academic performance compared to the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 49.5% of 3rd-grade students at George C Simkins Junior Elementary were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 62.4% for Guilford County Schools and 64.1% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low for Hispanic and White student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 10-15% of North Carolina elementary schools for these groups.

While the nearby schools in the Guilford County Schools district, such as Waldo C Falkener Senior Elementary, Gillespie Park Elementary, and Bessemer Elementary, also perform poorly on state assessments, some schools in the district, like Alamance Elementary and Erwin Montessori, demonstrate significantly higher academic performance. The high percentage of economically disadvantaged students and the school's low per-student spending may be contributing factors to George C Simkins Junior Elementary's poor academic performance.

588

Students ?

17.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,187

Per pupil spending ?

99.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3511 East Lee St
Greensboro, NC 27406

(336) 697-3070

District: Guilford County Schools

Students who attend George C Simkins Junior Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Southeast Guilford Middle
High:	Southeast Guilford High

Racial breakdown:

African American:

64.3%

Hispanic:

20.6%

White:

5.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 14th percentile in 2015 → 7th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (34% vs 57% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school34%

District avg54%

North Carolina avg57%

1,389^th of 1,490

North Carolina public elementary schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

59^th of 64Elementary 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	12.1	1389 of 1490	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.2	1409 of 1505	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.5	1395 of 1502	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.4	1260 of 1514	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.1	1204 of 1489	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.9	1147 of 1473	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.8	1007 of 1434	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	23.6	1176 of 1429	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	18.9	1221 of 1425	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	18.4	1243 of 1440	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	32.6	668 of 918	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.1	709 of 924	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.3	663 of 933	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	44.5	482 of 927	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	45.0	430 of 896	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	54.2	383 of 949	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	64.0	262 of 927	71.7%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	35.7	392 of 634	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.1	386 of 646	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.3	589 of 878	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.9	484 of 897	46.0%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	18.6	528 of 563	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	27.4	437 of 533	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	489 of 514	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.7	419 of 485	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	44.8	167 of 385	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	40.0	291 of 497	41.4%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	18.2	1288 of 1451	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.6	1291 of 1455	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.4	1346 of 1459	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.0	1295 of 1458	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.6	1340 of 1440	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	28.7	1098 of 1424	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.3	1049 of 1405	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	55.9	411 of 710	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.8	406 of 612	33.7%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	862 of 961	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.0	938 of 951	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.2	906 of 915	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.9	802 of 893	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	45.3	417 of 843	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.0	570 of 865	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	49.2	432 of 851	49.2%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	13.9	1367 of 1437	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	1371 of 1450	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.9	1342 of 1437	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	25.8	1123 of 1366	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.3	1020 of 1329	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	40.5	874 of 1361	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.7	626 of 1332	53.0%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	9.3	1400 of 1450	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.1	1416 of 1464	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.6	1374 of 1461	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.9	1149 of 1464	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.1	955 of 1444	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.4	1132 of 1430	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.3	924 of 1413	34.6%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2019	9.3	96 of 103	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	35.0	539 of 821	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	17.3	759 of 801	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2019	2.9	1173 of 1183	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.5	1099 of 1178	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Gifted and Talented (2025)42nd percentile+35 vs school

Disabled (2022)38th percentile+21 vs school

Special Education (2025)34th percentile+28 vs school

African American (2025)27th percentile+20 vs school

Female (2025)11th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2025)10th percentile+4 vs school

Multi-racial (2019)7th percentile-15 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)6th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile~ school

Male (2025)3rd percentile-3 vs school

White (2019)1st percentile-21 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics38%-23 vs state

Science35%-27 vs state

Reading30%-22 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)						EOG Reading (2025)						EOG Science (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	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
George C Simkins Junior Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3511 East Lee St	Greensboro	27406	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 697-3070	588	33	17.6	99.5%	33 (5.6%)	378 (64.3%)	121 (20.6%)	27 (4.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.3%)	12.1	1389^th of 1490 public elementary schools	6.8%		11.2	1409^th of 1505 public elementary schools	6.4%	20	49.5	35.2	30.2				31.2	35.2	25.0				35.4		$9,187	$1,094	$8,094
Alamance Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3600 Williams Dairy Road	Greensboro	27406	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 697-3177	499	34	14.5	99.4%	304 (60.9%)	95 (19.0%)	55 (11.0%)	8 (1.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.0%)	79	261^st of 1490 public elementary schools	82.5%		76.4	304^th of 1505 public elementary schools	79.8%	43	72.4	79.7	69.3				59.8	72.2	60.0				77.3		$10,448	$746	$9,702
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	98.5%	9 (3.4%)	205 (77.1%)	39 (14.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.5%)	31.9	1060^th of 1490 public elementary schools	28.9%		34.2	1023^rd of 1505 public elementary schools	32.0%	37	63.4	56.4	35.8				29.3	48.7	39.6				56.6		$12,451	$1,850	$10,602
Waldo C Falkener Senior Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	3931 Naco Road	Greensboro	27401	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(336) 370-8150	530	38	13.9	99.4%	10 (1.9%)	351 (66.2%)	135 (25.5%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	23 (4.3%)	6	1461^st of 1490 public elementary schools	1.9%		3.9	1487^th of 1505 public elementary schools	1.2%	26	35.4	29.4	28.4				23.1	21.2	24.5				34.3		$11,644	$1,838	$9,806
Herbin Metz Education Center	Public	K-8	400 O' Ferrell Street	Greensboro	27405	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 333-7065	68	16	4.3	95.6%	15 (22.1%)	37 (54.4%)	3 (4.4%)	6 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (10.3%)								(n/a)															$34,323	$4,298	$30,026
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	98.6%	7 (3.3%)	136 (63.3%)	56 (26.0%)	6 (2.8%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.2%)	9.2	1432^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	3.9%		11.1	1412^th of 1505 public elementary schools	6.2%	20	37.5	36.7	12.8				30.0	43.3	25.6				15.8		$14,387	$2,532	$11,855
Guilford eLearning University Prep	Public, Virtual	K-8	1900 Martin Luther King 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%)	48	781^st of 1490 public elementary schools	47.6%		28.3	1132^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	24.8%	351	50.0	62.5	52.2	37.1	29.3	19.0	60.0	75.0	56.5	51.4	34.9	38.1	57.9	42.9
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	98.6%	5 (2.3%)	172 (80.4%)	19 (8.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.5%)	12.4	1386^th of 1490 public elementary schools	7.0%		20.2	1282^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	14.8%	104	47.5	40.7	38.1				12.5	42.9	28.6				33.3		$14,911	$2,191	$12,720
Bessemer Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	918 Huffine Mill Road	Greensboro	27405	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 375-2585	509	31	16.4	99.4%	18 (3.5%)	314 (61.7%)	139 (27.3%)	19 (3.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.1%)	7.7	1445^th of 1490 public elementary schools	3.0%		16.2	1341^st of 1505 public elementary schools	10.9%	104	41.3	26.6	18.9				17.3	41.0	29.2				31.8		$10,700	$1,726	$8,974
Gate City Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	123 Flemingfield Road	Greensboro	27405	Guilford County	Gate City Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(336) 617-5900	715	32	22.0	97.9%	34 (4.8%)	506 (70.8%)	135 (18.9%)	13 (1.8%)	6 (0.8%)	4 (0.6%)	17 (2.4%)	54.5	661^st of 1490 public elementary schools	55.6%		42.2	882^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	41.4%	221	62.0	54.0	54.4	43.7	41.3	43.9	54.9	68.3	61.8	57.7	56.0	52.6	55.9	50.9

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What schools do graduates of George C Simkins Junior Elementary attend?

Students who attend George C Simkins Junior Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Southeast Guilford Middle
High : Southeast Guilford High

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Guilford County Schools

Is George C Simkins Junior Elementary a good school?

George C Simkins Junior Elementary ranks in the bottom 6.8% of North Carolina elementary schools.

How many students attend George C Simkins Junior Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 588 students attended George C Simkins Junior Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of George C Simkins Junior Elementary?

Students at George C Simkins Junior Elementary are 64% African American, 21% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

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