📍 1901 Tuscaloosa Street, Greensboro, Guilford County, 27401
Bluford Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Greensboro, Guilford County. The school has 263 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Guilford County Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bluford Elementary enrolls 263 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Black or African American, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 204 | 78% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 41 | 16% |
| White | 8 | 3% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
256 of the school's 263 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 256 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bluford Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-50, state senate district 28, state house district 61.
Bluford Elementary is one of 126 schools in Guilford County Schools, based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The district serves 67,620 students district-wide and employs 4,545 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 263 students, Bluford Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 537 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large