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Alumni: what's one memory from Montgomery Central High that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
846
High
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370306003515
Montgomery Central High
770 Timberwolf Drive, Troy, NC 27371 · (910) 556-5500 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL846 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of North Carolina public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
840 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 217 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 204 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 229 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 196 | 23% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
47.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
14.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Montgomery Central High
Montgomery Central High's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Central High this school | 846 | 99.3% | 31.4% |
| Bunn High Bunn | 817 | 99.6% | 38.8% |
| Southern Nash High Bailey | 1,048 | 99.0% | 43.1% |
| Heide Trask High Rocky Point | 732 | 99.6% | 31.9% |
| Lincolnton High Lincolnton | 797 | 99.5% | 44.6% |
| Midway High Newton Grove | 726 | 98.9% | 55.3% |
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 Montgomery Central High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #389 of 468 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #431 of 464 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #313 of 448 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 846 | #231 of 598 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #227 of 473 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #107 of 474 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #161 of 527 |
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
846
+63 (+8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 846 | 46 | 18.4:1 | 99% (840) |
| 2023-24 | 889 | 47.7 | 18.6:1 | 99% (881) |
| 2022-23 | 893 | 46 | 19.4:1 | 73% (653) |
| 2020-21 | 783 | 54 | 14.5:1 | 63% (496) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montgomery Central High.
About Montgomery Central High
Montgomery Central High is one of the public schools in Troy, North Carolina. It is a medium-sized high school. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 846 students enrolled.
District-wide, Montgomery County Schools has 11 schools and 3,587 students.
Montgomery Central High's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 39%. It is also 36% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 4% multiracial. Montgomery County's residents are about 65% White, 26 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Montgomery Central High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1 at Montgomery Central High, with 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 99%. That is close to the 99% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
allk12 grades Montgomery Central High a C-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 48.5%. Montgomery Central High scores 31.4%.
Federal survey data for Montgomery County show that median household income is about $57,766, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Montgomery Central High is among the 12 public schools in Montgomery County.
Montgomery County Early College is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Montgomery Central High is 6th among 6 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, Montgomery Central High is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Montgomery Central High had 783 students in 2020-21 and 846 in 2024-25, an 8% increase. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.5:1 to 18.4:1 over the same years.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,007
Census ACS
Median income
$57,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,818 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Schools
- East MiddleMiddle · 422 students
- Candor ElementaryElementary · 368 students
- West MiddleMiddle · 343 students
- Troy ElementaryElementary · 291 students
- Montgomery County Early CollegeHigh · 282 students
- Star ElementaryElementary · 272 students
Other schools in Troy
- Troy ElementaryElementary · 291 students
- Montgomery County Early CollegeHigh · 282 students
- Page Street ElementaryElementary · 248 students
- Montgomery Learning AcademyHigh · 54 students
Other Montgomery Central High schools
One other US public school is named Montgomery Central High. Montgomery Central High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Montgomery Central HighCunningham, TN · 1,048 students
Nearby schools
- Montgomery County Early College0.2 mi · 282
- Page Street Elementary0.5 mi · 248
- Troy Elementary1.4 mi · 291
- Montgomery Learning Academy1.8 mi · 54
- Green Ridge Elementary5.1 mi · 271
- Star Elementary5.1 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About Montgomery Central HighHow large is Montgomery Central High?
Montgomery Central High enrolls approximately 846 students in grades 09-12.
Is Montgomery Central High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Montgomery Central High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Montgomery Central High have?
Montgomery Central High employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
How diverse is Montgomery Central High?
Montgomery Central High reports a student body of 39% White, 36% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Montgomery Central High public or private?
Montgomery Central High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.