North Davidson High

North Davidson High is one of the average-sized 9-12 campuss in Lexington, North Carolina, one of the schools within Davidson County Schools, with 935 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

North Davidson High is one of 35 schools operated by Davidson County Schools, a district that enrolls 17,936 students overall.

On the student-mix side, North Davidson High records that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school records 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Davidson County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Davidson County (around 76%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, North Davidson High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.1%, the actual is 52.3%, a residual of -13.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Davidson County put the typical household earns roughly $64,172 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. North Davidson High is one of 49 public schools in Davidson County (combined enrollment of about 23,696 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Davidson Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, North Davidson High comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 66.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Davidson High has ticked down 27%, going from 1,281 students in 2018 to 935 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 84% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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