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If you had an hour of school board time for Ledford Senior High, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
776
High
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIDSON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370114000471
Ledford Senior High
140 Jesse Green Road, Thomasville, NC 27360 · (336) 769-9671 · Davidson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL776 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of North Carolina public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
398 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 176 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 222 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 184 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 194 | 25% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
57.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
41.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Ledford Senior High
Ledford Senior High's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ledford Senior High this school | 776 | 51.3% | 50.3% |
| Hendersonville High Hendersonville | 794 | 44.3% | 53.3% |
| Southern Alamance High Graham | 1,148 | 49.8% | 36.3% |
| Maiden High Maiden | 852 | 49.1% | 46.3% |
| Western Alamance High Elon | 1,138 | 49.5% | 48.5% |
| Orange High Hillsborough | 1,161 | 46.3% | 44.5% |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Ledford Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Davidson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #204 of 468 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #186 of 464 | #3 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #219 of 448 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 776 | #254 of 598 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #140 of 473 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #253 of 474 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.3% | #377 of 527 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.4% | #15 of 277 | #1 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
776
-113 (-13%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 776 | 46.4 | 16.7:1 | 51% (398) |
| 2023-24 | 824 | 47.7 | 17.3:1 | 48% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 48.1 | 17.4:1 | 42% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 889 | 52 | 17.1:1 | 25% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 1,115 | 67.2 | 16.6:1 | 30% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 1,288 | 68 | 18.9:1 | 31% (401) |
| 2010-11 | 1,181 | 62 | 19.1:1 | 25% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 859 | 57 | 15.1:1 | 5% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 50 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ledford Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (1,115 to 776); teachers down 31% (67.2 to 46.4).
About Ledford Senior High
Ledford Senior High is a mid-sized high school with its address in Thomasville, North Carolina. Its enrollment is 776 students, spread over grades 9 through 12.
Ledford Senior High is one of 35 schools in Davidson County Schools, which enrolls 17,936 students in total.
More than half of the students at Ledford Senior High are White (57%). Next come 24% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 78% White among all Davidson County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
Teacher count: 46.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.7:1. The gap from the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina is 2.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 51%. The gap from the 76% average for public schools in Davidson County is 25 points.
Ledford Senior High earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of North Carolina public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.2% for Ledford Senior High. The school posts 50.3%, 12.9 points below the prediction.
For Davidson County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $64,172 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Davidson County number 49, with about 23,696 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Ledford Senior High from the closest public school, Friendship Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Ranked by average proficiency, Ledford Senior High places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's student count fell 13% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Davidson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
172,954
Census ACS
Median income
$64,172
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
23,696 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davidson County Schools
- Oak Grove HighHigh · 992 students
- North Davidson HighHigh · 935 students
- Central Davidson HighHigh · 897 students
- West Davidson HighHigh · 740 students
- Oak Grove MiddleMiddle · 727 students
- Wallburg ElementaryElementary · 717 students
Other schools in Thomasville
- Thomasville PrimaryElementary · 753 students
- East Davidson HighHigh · 709 students
- Ledford MiddleMiddle · 651 students
- Thomasville HighHigh · 590 students
- E Lawson Brown MiddleMiddle · 560 students
- Fair Grove ElementaryElementary · 524 students
Nearby schools
- Friendship Elementary0.4 mi · 470
- Ledford Middle1.3 mi · 651
- Oak Grove High2.1 mi · 992
- Oak Grove Middle2.3 mi · 727
- Wallburg Elementary3.2 mi · 717
- Hasty Elementary4.1 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Ledford Senior HighHow many students attend Ledford Senior High?
Ledford Senior High enrolls approximately 776 students in grades 09-12.
Is Ledford Senior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ledford Senior High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Ledford Senior High?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Ledford Senior High.
What is the student diversity at Ledford Senior High?
Student demographics at Ledford Senior High are roughly 57% White, 24% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Ledford Senior High?
Ledford Senior High is overseen by Davidson County Schools in Davidson County.
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