Ledford Middle

Ledford Middle is a 6-8 campus of average-sized scale in Thomasville, North Carolina, part of Davidson County Schools, instructing 651 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Davidson County Schools, which oversees 35 schools and 17,936 students, Ledford Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Ledford Middle shows that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest looks like 22% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Ledford Middle has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 53% of students at Ledford Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Davidson County (around 76%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Ledford Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.7%, the actual is 60.1%, a residual of -2.6 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Davidson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,172 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Davidson County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,696 students), of which Ledford Middle is one.

Ledford Senior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ledford Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 694 students in 2018 compared to 651 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 67% to 57%.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.