Brooks Global Studies, 400 Ashland Drive: kindergarten to grade 5, 310 students in 2024-25 and a B (74) in 2024-25 state grades.

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Guilford County Schools’ assignment locator, 2026-27 feeder list (PDF) and calendars, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s 2025-26 accountability data and report card data and the federal NCES school directory.

Brooks Global Studies is a Guilford County Schools elementary school for kindergarten to grade 5 at 400 Ashland Drive in Greensboro. It is a choice school with no attendance zone: students apply through the district’s choice process. The district’s choice listings name it as Brooks Global Studies (an extended-year school). The school describes itself as an extended-year global studies magnet school for kindergarten through fifth grade.

Who to call
Address 400 Ashland Drive, Greensboro, NC 27403
Phone 336-370-8228
Grades K to 5
Run by Guilford County Schools
Calendar Extended year
State school code 410337

Principal

Principal Mary Sluder, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: an average daily membership of 310 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
  • Federal count: 311 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 16 students per teacher.

State report card

North Carolina gives every public school an A to F School Performance Grade, based 80% on achievement on state tests and other measures and 20% on academic growth, according to the state’s 2025-26 annual testing report.

School year Grade (score) Growth
2024-25 B (74) Exceeded
2023-24 C (69) Not met

The 2024-25 grade is the latest in the state’s downloadable report card data.

From the state’s 2025-26 school assessment data:

  • At grade level or above, all state tests: 71.3% (state: 59.2%)
  • College and career ready (Level 4 and above): 46.8% (state: 37.5%)
  • Reading, grades 3 to 8, at grade level: 69.2% (state: 55.7%)
  • Math, grades 3 to 8, at grade level: 74.1% (state: 59.6%)
  • Growth: met expected growth

The full report card, with attendance, teacher and course data, is on the state’s NC School Report Cards site.

Attendance zone and admission

Brooks Global Studies has no attendance zone. Students from anywhere in Guilford County apply through the district’s choice process; the application window for 2027-28 runs until 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, 2026. Admission criteria for each program are on the district’s choice listings page.

Brooks was rebuilt at the old Craven School site near the Greensboro Arboretum, the district’s New and Renovated Schools page says; its address is now 400 Ashland Drive.

Calendar and bell times

  • School day: The instructional day runs 7:40 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. That is from the school’s website.

Brooks Global Studies follows the district’s 2026-27 extended-year calendar (PDF). Coming up:

  • Thursday, Oct. 29: end of the first quarter
  • Friday, Oct. 30: optional teacher workday; no school for students
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: optional teacher workday (Election Day); no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day holiday
  • Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break for students
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break for students
  • March 22-26, 2027: spring break
  • Thursday, June 10, 2027: last day of school

Every district calendar is on the GCS calendars page.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Brooks Global Studies serve?

Brooks Global Studies serves kindergarten to grade 5, according to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.

What is Brooks Global Studies’s school grade?

Brooks Global Studies earned a B, with a score of 74, in North Carolina’s 2024-25 School Performance Grades. In 2025-26, 71.3% of its state tests were at grade level or above.

What time does Brooks Global Studies start?

The instructional day runs 7:40 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. That is from the school’s website.