Summary:
ZIP code 27301 contains a single middle school, Northeast Guilford Middle, which serves grades 6–8 in McLeansville, NC, as part of Guilford County Schools. Families in this area have no other middle school within the ZIP code to compare against, so the most useful benchmarks are the district and state averages.
Northeast Guilford Middle enrolls 675 students and serves an extremely high-need population, with 99.56% of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch. It has earned a 1-star rating in every recent school year, ranking in the bottom 13–16% of North Carolina middle schools. Chronic absenteeism is a major concern: 37.6% of students are chronically absent, compared to 29.2% for Guilford County Schools and 24.2% statewide. The student-teacher ratio is 15:1, and per-student spending was $9,065 in 2018–2019.
Academically, the school trails its district and the state by wide margins. In 2025–2026, average EOG proficiency across math, reading, and science was 39.1%, versus 51.2% for the district and 57.7% for the state. The single bright spot is 8th-grade science, where 50.4% of students scored proficient—the school’s highest rate in any subject, yet still 10 points behind the district and 18 points behind the state. Math is the weakest area, especially 8th-grade math at 32.9% proficiency. The school did make meaningful gains in the latest year, with five of seven tested areas improving and 6th-grade math jumping from 28.6% to 39.5%. However, 8th-grade math and reading both slipped. Given the very high poverty rate and chronic absenteeism, families should view these results in context, but the overall pattern shows a school that remains far below average despite recent progress.
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