E Lawson Brown Middle

Located at 1140 Kendall Mill Road, in Thomasville, North Carolina, E Lawson Brown Middle is an average-sized middle-grades school that educates 560 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Davidson County Schools.

Across the 35 schools in Davidson County Schools (17,936 students total), E Lawson Brown Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, E Lawson Brown Middle reports that 75% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Davidson County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, E Lawson Brown Middle has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Davidson County's rate of about 76%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, E Lawson Brown Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.8%, the actual is 50.0%, a residual of +1.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Davidson County put median household income runs about $64,172, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. E Lawson Brown Middle is one of 49 public schools in Davidson County (combined enrollment of about 23,696 students).

Nearest neighbor: East Davidson High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around E Lawson Brown Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), E Lawson Brown Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 690 students in 2018 compared to 560 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 75% across the same window.

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