Hasty Elementary

As a modestly sized K-5 school in Thomasville, North Carolina, Hasty Elementary caters to 385 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Davidson County Schools.

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

On the student-mix side, Hasty Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 29% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Davidson County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Davidson County's rate of about 76%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hasty Elementary sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.5%; actual is 70.1%, +21.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Davidson County) reports that 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 Hasty Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Thomasville High, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hasty Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 25%: 513 students in 2018 compared to 385 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 65% to 59%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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