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What's the one class at Tyro Middle every student should take?
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Enrollment
528
Middle
DISTRICT 643 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIDSON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370114000481
Tyro Middle
2946 Michael Road, Lexington, NC 27295 · (336) 853-7795 · Davidson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
520 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 183 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 173 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 172 | 33% |
Student demographics
42%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
48.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
48.2%
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 48 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% 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 Tyro Middle
Tyro Middle's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyro Middle this school | 528 | 98.5% | 50.0% |
| East Alexander Middle Hiddenite | 510 | 98.8% | 53.5% |
| Granite Falls Middle Granite Falls | 518 | 99.4% | 60.8% |
| West McDowell Middle School Marion | 550 | 99.5% | 50.0% |
| Morehead City Middle Morehead City | 506 | 99.4% | 64.9% |
| E Lawson Brown Middle Thomasville | 560 | 98.4% | 50.0% |
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 Tyro Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Davidson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #247 of 463 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #240 of 461 | #6 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #238 of 463 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #281 of 478 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #324 of 456 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #401 of 456 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #279 of 472 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #133 of 300 | #2 of 6 |
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
528
-109 (-17%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 528 | 30.5 | 17.3:1 | 98% (520) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 33.2 | 16.4:1 | 63% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 58% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 637 | 36 | 17.7:1 | 42% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 37.3 | 16.3:1 | 50% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 50% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | 36 | 18.3:1 | 47% (311) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 24% (148) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 35 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tyro Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (610 to 528); teachers down 18% (37.3 to 30.5).
About Tyro Middle
Tyro Middle is one of the public schools in Lexington, North Carolina. It is a medium-sized middle school. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 528 students.
The district, Davidson County Schools, has 17,936 students enrolled across 35 schools.
Tyro Middle is 75% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 78% White, within a few points of the school. Tyro Middle's diversity index is 42%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.3 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 98%. Among public schools in Davidson County, the average eligibility rate is 76%.
Tyro Middle is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 50% of North Carolina public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Tyro Middle's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (50.0%) and its predicted rate (48.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Davidson County show that the median household income is $64,172, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Tyro Middle, Davidson County has 48 other public schools.
The closest public school to Tyro Middle is West Davidson High, about 0.3 miles away. Tyro Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 48.3%, lower than Tyro Middle's 50.0%.
For locale, NCES codes Tyro Middle as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment has fallen by 109 students since 2020-21, to 528.
Community posts for Tyro Middle can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Nearby schools
- West Davidson High0.3 mi · 740
- Churchland Elementary2.9 mi · 441
- Tyro Elementary3.0 mi · 393
- Reeds Elementary3.3 mi · 274
- Southwest Elementary Global Academy5.1 mi · 369
- South Lexington Developmental Center6.2 mi · 26
Frequently asked questions
About Tyro MiddleHow many students attend Tyro Middle?
Tyro Middle enrolls approximately 528 students in grades 06-08.
Is Tyro Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tyro Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Tyro Middle?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Tyro Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tyro Middle?
At Tyro Middle, the student body is approximately 75% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Tyro Middle public or private?
Tyro Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Davidson County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.