26 public K-12 schools in High Point from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, High Point has more public-school enrollment than 88% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. High Point sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.
15 of High Point's 26 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.
The 48-point gap between Pruette Scale Academy and Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem Upper shows the range hidden by High Point's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
High Point school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 1,583 students (highest), a spread of 1,573 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within High Point is typically wider than the High Point-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pruette Scale Academy | 74 |
| 2. | Middle College at Gtcc-High Point | 62 |
| 3. | Kearns Academy | 61 |
| 4. | Penn-Griffin Schools | 51 |
| 5. | Southwest Elementary | 48 |
| 6. | Kirkman Park Elementary | 46 |
| 7. | High Point Central High | 45 |
| 8. | Welborn Middle | 45 |
| 9. | Allen Jay Middle - a Preparatory Academy | 44 |
| 10. | Johnson Street Global Studies | 43 |
| 11. | Southwest Guilford High | 41 |
| 12. | Ferndale Middle | 41 |
| 13. | Parkview Village Elementary | 41 |
| 14. | Triangle Lake Montessori Elem | 40 |
| 15. | Shadybrook Elementary | 40 |
| 16. | T Wingate Andrews High | 39 |
| 17. | Southwest Guilford Middle | 36 |
| 18. | Florence Elementary | 36 |
| 19. | Allen Jay Elementary | 32 |
| 20. | Fairview Elementary | 32 |
| 21. | Oak Hill Elementary | 32 |
| 22. | Union Hill Elementary | 29 |
| 23. | Oak View Elementary | 27 |
| 24. | Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem Upper | 26 |
| 25. | Northwood Elementary | 26 |
| 26. | Montlieu Academy of Technology | 26 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Pruette Scale Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the High Point schools in this federal-data comparison at 74/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
High Point has 26 public schools with a total enrollment of 14,399 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.2:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
