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Southwest Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
4372 Southwest School Road
High Point, NC 27265
Phone
(336) 819-2992
District
GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS
County
GUILFORD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
758
Classroom Teachers
51

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

10

(10 is best)

Better than 98.7% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Southwest Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
87%
52%
80%
47%
94%
57%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
85%
51%
82%
51%
87%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
83%
49%
75%
46%
90%
51%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 116 15.3%
Grade 1 125 16.5%
Grade 2 110 14.5%
Grade 3 147 19.4%
Grade 4 132 17.4%
Grade 5 128 16.9%
Total 758 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 41.6% 29.4% 47.4%
Black 18.6% 44.2% 26.3%
Hispanic 12.0% 18.7% 20.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 27.7% 7.2% 4.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.5% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 19.0% 61.8% 48.0%
Free lunch eligible 14.9% 60.3% 46.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.1% 1.5% 1.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 537,113 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 816.7 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.4% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.0% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.6% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 15.2% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 209,602 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 10.7% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.2% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 37.2% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.5% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.5% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.3% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.0% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.4% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.7% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 10.6% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,336 $460,513,152 58.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $669 $48,624,258 6.2%
Staff $382 $27,764,524 3.5%
General Administration $95 $6,904,790 0.9%
School Administration $646 $46,952,572 6.0%
Operation $767 $55,747,094 7.1%
Transportation $505 $36,704,410 4.7%
Other $340 $24,711,880 3.1%
Total Support $3,404 $247,409,528 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,091 $79,296,062 10.1%
Total Expenditures $10,831 $787,218,742 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,324 $9,654,142,443 55.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $575 $877,144,823 5.0%
Staff $341 $521,212,282 3.0%
General Administration $170 $259,230,834 1.5%
School Administration $637 $973,125,983 5.6%
Operation $798 $1,218,189,435 7.0%
Transportation $402 $613,466,359 3.5%
Other $331 $505,953,708 2.9%
Total Support $3,255 $4,968,588,990 28.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,818 $2,774,971,990 16.0%
Total Expenditures $11,397 $17,397,660,278 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%