Central Davidson High

As a middle-of-the-pack high school in Lexington, North Carolina, Central Davidson High serves 897 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Davidson County Schools.

Davidson County Schools comprises 35 schools with combined enrollment of 17,936 students; Central Davidson High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Central Davidson High reports that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Central Davidson High has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Davidson County (around 76%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Central Davidson High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 62.0%; this one comes in at 40.8%, -21.2 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Davidson County shows median household income runs about $64,172, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Davidson County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,696 students), of which Central Davidson High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Central Davidson Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Central Davidson High. On composite proficiency, Central Davidson High comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 56.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Central Davidson High has declined 5%, going from 949 students in 2018 to 897 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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