Total enrollment
17,936
+253 (+1%) vs SY 2020-21
36 schools in Davidson County Schools
North Carolina · 17,936 students · 4 cities
Looking at the Davidson County Schools system: 36 public K-12 schools serving approximately 17,936 students inside North Carolina, averaging 498 per school.
4-year change in Davidson County Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
35
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Davidson County Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In North Carolina | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #28 of 112 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 17,936 | #19 of 116 | #454 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 35 | #18 of 116 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #74 of 116 | #6,705 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 69.9% | #93 of 114 | #1,951 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #90 of 111 | #3,684 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Davidson County Schools
State test results across the district's 33 scored schools run from Davidson Early College at 89.7% proficient to East Davidson High at 40.7%, a gap of 49.0 points. That is the 40th widest gap among 104 North Carolina districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 35 district schools that reported both years went from 18,939 to 17,936 students (down 5%) and from 1,176 to 1,091 full-time teachers (down 7%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Davidson County Schools
Across 36 schools, Davidson County Schools instructs about 17,936 students in North Carolina. By footprint it is a medium-population district.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Davidson County Schools consists of 18 elementary, 6 middle, 10 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
Average enrollment per school in Davidson County Schools is about 498, lower than the North Carolina average of roughly 571.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment remained close to its prior level: 17,683 students in SY 2020-21 versus 17,936 in SY 2024-25.
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