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What's something Midway Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
546
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIDSON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370114000473
Midway Elementary
318 Midway School Road, Lexington, NC 27295 · (336) 764-0064 · Davidson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
267 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 9 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
38%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
59.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
62.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Midway Elementary
Midway Elementary's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway Elementary this school | 546 | 48.9% | 63.8% |
| Edwin A Anderson Elementary Wilmington | 514 | 47.7% | 72.5% |
| Edwin M Holt Elementary Burlington | 505 | 49.1% | 59.3% |
| Friedberg Elementary Winston-Salem | 468 | 45.7% | 66.9% |
| Sherrills Ford Elementary Sherrills Ford | 633 | 42.3% | 67.9% |
| Queens Creek Elementary Swansboro | 706 | 51.1% | 59.3% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary 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 Midway Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Davidson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #388 of 1,297 | #8 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #553 of 1,296 | #11 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #343 of 1,300 | #5 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #477 of 1,485 | #7 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,134 of 1,377 | #21 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #1,199 of 1,379 | #18 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #1,168 of 1,414 | #21 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #250 of 369 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
546
+64 (+13%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 683
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 546 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 49% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 31.5 | 16.3:1 | 50% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 31.5 | 15.8:1 | 47% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 34% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 31.9 | 16.2:1 | 36% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 39% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 32 | 17.9:1 | 36% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 601 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 14% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 683 | 37 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Midway Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (516 to 546); teachers up 4% (31.9 to 33).
About Midway Elementary
Families in Lexington, North Carolina, are served by Midway Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 546 students, from pre-K through 5.
Davidson County Schools runs 35 schools with a combined 17,936 students. Midway Elementary is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Midway Elementary is 77% White. The rest of enrollment is 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. The White share in Davidson County as a whole is similar, at about 78%. The chance that two students picked at random at Midway Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 38%.
Its 33 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 49% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 27 points below the 76% average for public schools in Davidson County.
Midway Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Midway Elementary is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 63.8% actual, 63.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Census Bureau estimates for Davidson County show that median household income is about $64,172, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 49 public schools operate in Davidson County, serving about 23,696 students.
The nearest public school is North Davidson Middle, at about 2.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Midway Elementary is 4th among 9 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Midway Elementary is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 13%, from 482 to 546. The ratio was 14.6:1 in 2020-21 and 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Ledford Senior HighHigh · 776 students
- West Davidson HighHigh · 740 students
- Oak Grove MiddleMiddle · 727 students
Other schools in Lexington
- North Davidson HighHigh · 935 students
- Central Davidson HighHigh · 897 students
- Lexington Senior High SchoolHigh · 889 students
- West Davidson HighHigh · 740 students
- North Davidson MiddleMiddle · 706 students
- Central Davidson MiddleMiddle · 686 students
Other Midway Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 15 states are named Midway Elementary. Midway Elementary is the 6th largest of the 22.
- Midway ElementaryDunn, NC · 539 students
- Midway Elementary SchoolAlpharetta, GA · 1,022 students
- Midway ElementaryLexington, SC · 856 students
- MIDWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSANFORD, FL · 789 students
- Midway ElementaryAnderson, SC · 675 students
Nearby schools
- North Davidson Middle2.5 mi · 706
- North Davidson High2.6 mi · 935
- Oak Grove Middle2.8 mi · 727
- Oak Grove High2.9 mi · 992
- Friendship Elementary4.2 mi · 470
- Welcome Elementary4.2 mi · 638
Frequently asked questions
About Midway ElementaryHow large is Midway Elementary?
Midway Elementary enrolls approximately 546 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Midway Elementary serve?
Midway Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Midway Elementary?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Midway Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Midway Elementary?
At Midway Elementary, the student body is approximately 77% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Midway Elementary?
Midway Elementary is overseen by Davidson County Schools in Davidson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.