James B Dudley High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Greensboro, North Carolina
James B Dudley High in Greensboro, North Carolina enrolled 1,403 students in 2024-25 with 83.6 full-time teachers, 16.8 students per teacher against the North Carolina high-school median of 18.4. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 84% (North Carolina: 86.5%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 6% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 1%
1,491 students in 2022-23, 1,465 students in 2023-24, 1,403 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 84.7 to 83.6.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,491 | 84.7 | 17.6 |
| 2023-24 | 1,465 | 91.5 | 16.0 |
| 2024-25 | 1,403 | 83.6 | 16.8 |
16.8 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 65 of every 100 North Carolina high schools
Among the 588 North Carolina high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 18.4; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
11 AP courses and one counselor per 234 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection James B Dudley High enrolled 1,406 students and had 6.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 206 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses11
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)6.0, one per 234 of the 1,406 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions206
- Chronically absent52.3% (2022-23)
Who attends
76.3% of students were Black, 17.4% Hispanic, 3.3% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- Black76.3%
- Hispanic17.4%
- Two or more races3.3%
- White1.5%
- Asian1.2%
- American Indian0.1%
- Pacific Islander0.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
84% of the 365 students in James B Dudley High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.5% across North Carolina. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | North Carolina | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 84% | 91% | 86.5% |
| Students in the class | 365 | 5,765 | 120,822 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Greensboro
18 public high schools in Greensboro report 2024-25 enrollment; James B Dudley High is number 4 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Guilford High | 2,055 | 20.5 | 19.5% |
| Grimsley High | 1,967 | 20.0 | 99.6% |
| Page High | 1,648 | 18.6 | 99.8% |
| James B Dudley High | 1,403 | 16.8 | 99.8% |
| Ben L. Smith High School | 1,348 | 16.2 | 99.8% |
| Northern Guilford High | 1,251 | 20.3 | 27.5% |
| Western Guilford High | 1,243 | 16.9 | 99.8% |
| Southeast Guilford High | 1,209 | 15.6 | 99.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about James B Dudley High
- A&T Four Middle CollegeThe nearest public high school, 1.2 miles away: 162 students, 11.9 per teacher (2024-25).1.2 mi
- STEM Early College @ NC A&T SUThe next nearest public high school, 1.3 miles away: 192 students, 18.1 per teacher (2024-25).1.3 mi
- Compare James B Dudley High with A&T Four Middle CollegeStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Guilford County Schools spends per student$12,897 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,897
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaJames B Dudley High is the number 103 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#103 of 601
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher16.8 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.16.8:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about James B Dudley High
How many students attend James B Dudley High?
1,403 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,491 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Greensboro, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at James B Dudley High?
16.8 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for high schools is 18.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is James B Dudley High a Title I school?
James B Dudley High ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What is the graduation rate at James B Dudley High?
84% of the 365 students in James B Dudley High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.5% across North Carolina. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is James B Dudley High in?
Guilford County Schools, NCES district ID 3701920. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370192000768 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.