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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 27406

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Schools

2,063

Students

Top rankedSoutheast Guilford Middle414^th of 778 North Carolina middle schools

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Biggest riser

Southeast Guilford Middle up 23 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Zip code 27406 in Greensboro, NC is home to three public middle schools—Southeast Guilford Middle, Southern Guilford Middle, and Allen Middle—which collectively serve 2,063 students in grades 6–8 and belong to Guilford County Schools, a district ranked 150th out of 246 in North Carolina. All three schools serve nearly identical high-poverty populations, with free/reduced-price lunch eligibility ranging from 99.51% to 99.64%, yet their academic outcomes differ dramatically.

Southeast Guilford Middle is the clear standout. It outperforms the other two schools on every recent EOG test and ranks in the 47th percentile statewide, just below the North Carolina median. Its average EOG proficiency is 55.3%, above the district average of 51.2%. By contrast, Southern Guilford Middle ranks in the 16th percentile (40.1% average proficiency), while Allen Middle sits in the 10th percentile (34.7% average proficiency) and has declined steadily from the 28th percentile in 2023-24. Southeast Guilford posts particularly strong results in 6th-grade math (67.7% proficient) and 8th-grade science (67.2%), nearly matching state averages despite its high-poverty enrollment.

Chronic absenteeism is a major dividing factor: Southeast Guilford has the lowest rate at 26.5%, followed by Southern Guilford at 40.3%, and Allen Middle at 44.6%—20 points above the state average. The weakest academic area across all three schools is 8th-grade math, where the combined average proficiency is just 30.7% (state: 53.0%), with Allen Middle at only 18.6%. Interestingly, Southeast Guilford has both the lowest per-student spending ($8,530) and a higher student-teacher ratio than Allen Middle, while Allen spends more ($9,180) and has the smallest classes (14.2 ratio) yet still lags far behind—suggesting that resources alone don't drive outcomes. For parents, the key takeaway is that school choice within this zip code matters greatly, and Southeast Guilford Middle offers the strongest academic foundation, despite the shared challenges of poverty across all three schools.

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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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	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 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Allen Middle	Public	6-8	1108 Glendale Drive	Greensboro	27406	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 294-7325	617	43	14.2	99.5%	15 (2.4%)	302 (48.9%)	209 (33.9%)	66 (10.7%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	20 (3.2%)	13.2	697^th of 778 public middle schools	10.4%		18.6	649^th of 773 public middle schools	16.0%	48	34.7	40.1	18.6	35.0	41.6	33.2	39.5	$9,180	$1,258	$7,922
Southern Guilford Middle	Public	6-8	5747 Drake Rd	Greensboro	27406	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 674-4266	620	36	17.0	99.5%	89 (14.4%)	230 (37.1%)	210 (33.9%)	57 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	32 (5.2%)	19.6	653^rd of 778 public middle schools	16.1%		22.2	617^th of 773 public middle schools	20.2%	36	40.6	45.0	26.9	35.3	38.0	44.0	50.9	$9,441	$1,343	$8,098
Southeast Guilford Middle	Public	6-8	4825 Woody Mill Road	Greensboro	27406	Guilford County	Guilford County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 674-4280	826	49	16.8	99.6%	381 (46.1%)	260 (31.5%)	112 (13.6%)	22 (2.7%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (5.3%)	48.2	414^th of 778 public middle schools	46.8%		44.2	437^th of 773 public middle schools	43.5%	23	67.7	51.0	46.7	54.9	50.9	48.9	67.2	$8,530	$508	$8,022

Cities Near Zip Code 27406

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Greensboro	0.73 mi	80	257^th
Pleasant Garden	4.15 mi	1	62^nd
Jamestown	8.27 mi	8	259^th
Browns Summit	8.32 mi	5	238^th
Mc Leansville	8.37 mi	4	447^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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