Summary:
Thomasville City Schools in North Carolina has a single middle school, Thomasville Middle, serving students in grades 6-8. The school faces significant academic challenges, with consistently low performance on state standardized tests across multiple subject areas and grade levels, despite serving a student population with high levels of economic disadvantage.
Thomasville Middle has a diverse student body, with a high percentage of African American (34.41%) and Hispanic (39.07%) students. However, the school struggles academically, with proficiency rates in mathematics, reading, and science falling well below the state averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in mathematics ranged from 22.4% to 33.8%, compared to the state averages of 46.9% to 54.3%. The school's reading proficiency rates also lagged behind the state, ranging from 23.6% to 30.9%, compared to the state averages of 48.4% to 51.4%.
Despite the school's high per-student spending of $11,713, which is above the state average, Thomasville Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of North Carolina middle schools and has been rated 0 or 1 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, indicating a low overall performance compared to other schools in the state. The school's challenges appear to be persistent, with no significant improvement observed over the past three school years, suggesting the need for a comprehensive, long-term approach to address the academic and socioeconomic factors impacting student success.
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