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Enrollment
500
Middle
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMASVILLE CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370450001775
Thomasville Middle
400 Unity Street, Thomasville, NC 27360 · (336) 474-4120 · Davidson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of North Carolina public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
497 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 174 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 164 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 162 | 32% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Thomasville Middle→Thomasville High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Thomasville City Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
28.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
32.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Thomasville Middle
Thomasville Middle's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomasville Middle this school | 500 | 99.4% | 29.9% |
| Lexington Middle School Lexington | 595 | 99.5% | 44.5% |
| Graham Middle Graham | 553 | 99.5% | 20.1% |
| Concord Middle Concord | 583 | 99.5% | 26.3% |
| Williston Middle Wilmington | 666 | 99.5% | 28.4% |
| Northeast Middle Mint Hill | 594 | 99.5% | 39.2% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Thomasville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Davidson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #432 of 463 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #389 of 461 | #8 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #437 of 463 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #303 of 478 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #438 of 456 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #136 of 456 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #135 of 472 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #128 of 143 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
500
-34 (-6%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 500 | 25 | 20.0:1 | 99% (497) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 24 | 20.1:1 | 99% (480) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 27.5 | 18.0:1 | 99% (487) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 99% (531) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 34.2 | 14.5:1 | 99% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 99% (495) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 88% (526) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 67% (354) |
| 1990-91 | 499 | 42 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomasville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (495 to 500); teachers down 27% (34.2 to 25).
About Thomasville Middle
Thomasville Middle is a small middle school. Its address is in Thomasville, North Carolina. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 500 students.
Thomasville City Schools (4 schools, 2,149 students) runs Thomasville Middle.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Thomasville Middle is Hispanic (43%). Other students are 34% Black, 14% White, and 8% multiracial. That is higher than the 9% Hispanic share among all Davidson County residents. By the diversity index, Thomasville Middle comes in at 67%.
The school has about 20.0 students per teacher and 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in North Carolina is 15.9:1, lower than at this school. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 76% average among public schools in Davidson County.
The allk12 Grade for Thomasville Middle is D. Compared with North Carolina public middle schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Thomasville Middle is a bottom-10% school in North Carolina on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.9% against a predicted 48.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Davidson County, median household income is about $64,172, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Thomasville Middle is among the 49 public schools in Davidson County.
The next-closest public school is Thomasville High, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 46.1% on proficiency, and Thomasville Middle is below that at 29.9%.
Locale data from NCES put Thomasville Middle in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 534 to 500. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 20.0:1, from 15.7:1.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Thomasville City Schools
- Thomasville PrimaryElementary · 753 students
- Thomasville HighHigh · 590 students
- Liberty Drive ElementaryElementary · 306 students
- Bulldog AcademyElementary
Other schools in Thomasville
- Ledford Senior HighHigh · 776 students
- Thomasville PrimaryElementary · 753 students
- East Davidson HighHigh · 709 students
- Ledford MiddleMiddle · 651 students
- Thomasville HighHigh · 590 students
- E Lawson Brown MiddleMiddle · 560 students
Other Thomasville Middle schools
One other US public school is named Thomasville Middle. Thomasville Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Thomasville Middle SchoolThomasville, AL · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Thomasville High0.2 mi · 590
- Hasty Elementary1.6 mi · 385
- Liberty Drive Elementary1.7 mi · 306
- Thomasville Primary1.9 mi · 753
- Pilot Elementary3.4 mi · 321
- Fair Grove Elementary3.6 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Thomasville MiddleHow large is Thomasville Middle?
Thomasville Middle enrolls approximately 500 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Thomasville Middle serve?
Thomasville Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Thomasville Middle have?
Thomasville Middle employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Thomasville Middle?
Student demographics at Thomasville Middle are roughly 14% White, 43% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Thomasville Middle in?
Thomasville Middle is part of Thomasville City Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.