Summary:
Northeast Guilford High is the only high school serving zip code 27301 in McLeansville, NC, covering grades 9-12 with 977 students enrolled in the Guilford County Schools district. Because there is no other high school in the area for direct comparison, this summary focuses on how Northeast Guilford High performs relative to its district and the state of North Carolina.
Northeast Guilford High serves an almost entirely economically disadvantaged student body, with 99.69% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Chronic absenteeism is a serious challenge: 41.1% of students were chronically absent in 2024-2025, compared with 29.2% for the district and 24.2% for the state. The school has earned a 1-star rating for several consecutive years and ranks in roughly the bottom 20th percentile of North Carolina high schools. The graduation rate of 83.1% trails the district rate of 93.0% and the state rate of 88.8%. In every End-of-Course subject, proficiency rates are lower than both district and state averages, with Math I being the weakest area: only 27.7% of students were proficient in 2025-2026, a 14-point gap from the state average.
There are meaningful positives, however. From 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, the school improved substantially on every EOC exam, including a 16-point jump in Biology and a 14.8-point jump in English II. Notably, Math III proficiency (56.8%) is much higher than Math I (27.7%), likely reflecting that students who reach Math III have already progressed through earlier coursework. If the school can sustain this academic momentum, it could begin closing the gap with district and state averages. Still, reducing chronic absenteeism remains the most important step toward improving test scores, graduation rates, and the statewide ranking.
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