Best High Schools in Zip Code 27405

Zip code 27405 is home to two very different high schools, both part of Guilford County Schools: Page High, a large traditional high school serving grades 9–12, and SCALE School, a tiny specialized 6–12 program with just 15 students. The area is characterized by high poverty — nearly every student at Page High qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, and 80% of SCALE students do as well.

Page High is the school with the most meaningful data. It graduates 94.3% of its seniors, which exceeds both the district rate of 93.0% and the state rate of 88.8%, an impressive achievement given that 99.82% of students face economic disadvantage. However, chronic absenteeism is a serious concern: 38.8% of students are chronically absent, about 640 students. Academically, Page shows an uneven pattern. In 2025–2026, it outperformed the district in Math I (40.5% vs. 33.9%) and nearly matched the state in Math III (67.3% vs. 68.9%). But it fell below both district and state averages in Biology (48.1% vs. 57.5% and 58.5%) and was slightly below in English II (59.7% vs. state 64.6%). Page’s state ranking has also been volatile — it jumped to 297th in 2024–2025, then fell back to 405th in 2025–2026, suggesting the school generally sits in the lower-middle range of North Carolina high schools with occasional brighter years.

SCALE School stands out for its extreme operating characteristics rather than its test results. With just 15 students, it has a student-teacher ratio of 1.5 and a per-pupil spending of $57,738 — more than seven times Page High’s $8,019. This is typical of a highly specialized or alternative program, but its proficiency rates (e.g., 9.1% in Math III) reflect only one or two students, making them unreliable for comparison. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 46.4% means roughly 7 students. Given the lack of recent ranking data and tiny enrollment, SCALE’s outcomes are difficult to evaluate confidently. For most families, Page High is the school that will have the greatest impact on the community, with a strong graduation rate but clear challenges around attendance and science achievement.