📍 2225 South Holden Road, Greensboro, Guilford County, 27407
Academy at Smith is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Greensboro, Guilford County. The school has 223 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Guilford County Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 55% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 95%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Academy at Smith enrolls 223 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 26% male and 74% female. A teaching staff of 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Black or African American, 35% Hispanic or Latino and 9.9% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 109 | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 78 | 35% |
| Asian | 22 | 9.9% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 4% |
| White | 5 | 2.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
169 of the school's 223 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 149 qualify for free lunch and 20 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.
Academy at Smith 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 58.
Academy at Smith 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 223 students, Academy at Smith 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