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If you could change one rule at Ferndale Middle, what would it be?
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Enrollment
486
Middle
DISTRICT 702 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000955
Ferndale Middle
701 Ferndale Boulevard, High Point, NC 27262 · (336) 819-2855 · Guilford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of North Carolina public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
483 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 158 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 170 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 158 | 33% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
33.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
34.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ferndale Middle
Ferndale Middle's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferndale Middle this school | 486 | 99.4% | 33.0% |
| Allen Middle Greensboro | 617 | 99.5% | 36.5% |
| Southern Guilford Middle Greensboro | 620 | 99.5% | 38.8% |
| Jackson Middle Greensboro | 458 | 99.3% | 30.3% |
| Welborn Middle High Point | 376 | 99.2% | 34.1% |
| Whitewater Middle Charlotte | 731 | 99.6% | 46.3% |
Matched among North Carolina middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ferndale Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #413 of 463 | #18 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #370 of 461 | #14 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #404 of 463 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #313 of 478 | #16 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #148 of 456 | #5 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #122 of 456 | #8 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #140 of 472 | #13 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.6% | #13 of 300 | #1 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
486
-109 (-18%) vs 2020
-31% since 2000-01, when it was 705
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 486 | 31.8 | 15.3:1 | 99% (483) |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 36.8 | 14.0:1 | 99% (514) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 33.3 | 16.1:1 | 99% (534) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 42 | 14.2:1 | 97% (578) |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 45.6 | 16.0:1 | 99% (725) |
| 2015-16 | 744 | 49 | 15.2:1 | 99% (738) |
| 2010-11 | 841 | 56 | 15.0:1 | 71% (593) |
| 2000-01 | 705 | 63 | 11.2:1 | 78% (548) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ferndale Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (732 to 486); teachers down 30% (45.6 to 31.8).
About Ferndale Middle
Ferndale Middle is a small middle-grades school with its address in High Point, North Carolina. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 486 students on the rolls.
Ferndale Middle is one of the 123 schools that make up Guilford County Schools (68,535 students in total).
The largest racial or ethnic group at Ferndale Middle is Black, with 46% of students. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% White, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 34% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ferndale Middle scores 68%.
With 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.3:1. The average for middle schools in North Carolina is about 15.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Ferndale Middle, 99% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Guilford County average 89%.
On the allk12 Grade, Ferndale Middle lands at D, ahead of 11% of North Carolina public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Ferndale Middle is 15.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 33.0%. Predicted: 48.5%.
In the surrounding county, Guilford County, the median household earns about $68,642 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Ferndale Middle, Guilford County has 143 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Pruette SCALE Academy is closest at about 0.2 miles. Ferndale Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 33.0% average proficiency ranks 7th among 7 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Ferndale Middle enrolled 595 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 486. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.3:1) than in 2020-21 (14.2:1).
This page collects posts and questions about Ferndale Middle, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in High Point
- Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem UpperCombined · 1,583 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- Southwest Guilford MiddleMiddle · 1,032 students
- High Point Central HighHigh · 1,005 students
- Southwest ElementaryElementary · 808 students
- T Wingate Andrews HighHigh · 753 students
Other Ferndale Middle schools
One other US public school is named Ferndale Middle. Ferndale Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ferndale Middle SchoolFERNDALE, MI · 528 students
Nearby schools
- Pruette SCALE Academy0.2 mi · 10
- High Point Central High0.3 mi · 1,005
- Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School0.4 mi · 185
- Fairview Elementary0.8 mi · 442
- Middle College at GTCC-High Point1.0 mi · 194
- Penn-Griffin Schools1.2 mi · 539
Frequently asked questions
About Ferndale MiddleHow many students attend Ferndale Middle?
Ferndale Middle enrolls approximately 486 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ferndale Middle serve?
Ferndale Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Ferndale Middle?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Ferndale Middle.
What is the student diversity at Ferndale Middle?
Student demographics at Ferndale Middle are roughly 7% White, 31% Hispanic, 46% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Ferndale Middle in?
Ferndale Middle is part of Guilford County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.