East Davidson High

Set in Thomasville, North Carolina, East Davidson High is a reasonably sized four-year high school, overseen by Davidson County Schools. It hosts 709 students across grades 9 through 12.

Davidson County Schools runs 35 schools in total, collectively educating 17,936 students. East Davidson High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, East Davidson High records that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Davidson County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, East Davidson High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 61.2%; actual is 40.7%, a gap of -20.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Davidson County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Davidson County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,696 students), of which East Davidson High is one.

Nearest neighbor: E Lawson Brown Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Davidson High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East Davidson High at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Davidson High has decreased 19%, going from 876 students in 2018 to 709 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 86% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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