Ledford Middle

Summary:

Ledford Middle is a public middle school located in Thomasville, North Carolina, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 597. The school is part of the Davidson County Schools district, which is ranked 100 out of 242 districts in North Carolina and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ledford Middle consistently ranks in the top 25% of North Carolina middle schools, with strong academic performance that exceeds district and state averages, particularly in science. The school's Hispanic, English Language Learner (ELL), African American, and low socioeconomic status (SES) students perform exceptionally well, ranking in the top 15-25% of North Carolina middle schools. However, the school's performance for its Asian and multi-racial student subgroups is relatively weaker, ranking in the bottom half of the state. Ledford Middle's student population is more diverse compared to nearby schools like E. Lawson Brown Middle and North Davidson Middle.

While Ledford Middle's overall performance is strong, there are opportunities for improvement, particularly in supporting the academic growth of its Asian, multi-racial, special education, and gifted and talented student populations. The school's consistent high performance and ability to address the unique needs of its diverse student body, especially its Hispanic, ELL, African American, and low-SES students, are noteworthy and suggest the school has established effective educational practices that could serve as a model for other schools in the region.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 3954 N NC Hwy 109
       Thomasville, NC  27360-9254


(336) 476-4816

District: Davidson County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
189th of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,403 Help


Students who attend Ledford Middle usually attend:

High:    Ledford Senior High

Feeder schools for Ledford Middle:

Elementary:    Friendship Elementary
    Hasty Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  15.7 Help
Number of students:  597

Racial breakdown:

White:
59.6%
Hispanic:
21.9%
African American:
10.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  51.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Ledford Middle ranks better than 76.2% of middle schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 3rd among 6 ranked middle schools in the Davidson County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 72.75. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (59.6%), Hispanic (21.9%), African American (10.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 51.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ledford Middle is 15.7, which is the 2nd best among 6 middle schools in the Davidson County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ledford Middle is $7,403, which is the lowest among 6 middle schools in the Davidson County Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ledford Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Ledford Middle 189th of 793 North Carolina public middle schools. (See Ledford Middle in the ranking list.)

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Davidson County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Davidson County Schools 100th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Ledford Middle

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Rank History for all students at Ledford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 79.34 73rd 598 87.8%
2007 77.42 95th 606 84.3%
2008 74.05 141st 620 77.3%
2009 81.44 82nd 630 87.0%
2010 73.82 148th 640 76.9%
2011 76.38 126th 648 80.6%
2012 74.76 149th 662 77.5%
2013 74.01 148th 673 78.0%
2014 69.93 159th 627 74.6%
2015 63.06 248th 705 64.8%
2016 68.27 197th 692 71.5%
2017 72.16 173rd 694 75.1%
2018 62.02 265th 691 61.6%
2019 70.61 191st 737 74.1%
2021 70.32 197th 741 73.4%
2022 66.10 235th 786 70.1%
2023 71.38 195th 784 75.1%
2024 72.75 189th 793 76.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Ledford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 26.98 206th 248 16.9%
2022 66.45 72nd 283 74.6%
2024 39.00 187th 306 38.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ledford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 44.99 93rd 211 55.9%
2021 37.08 147th 236 37.7%
2022 59.75 68th 312 78.2%
2023 55.79 84th 318 73.6%
2024 66.98 50th 356 86.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Ledford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 41.21 244th 473 48.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ledford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.43 209th 604 65.4%
2019 69.46 139th 639 78.2%
2021 80.00 69th 633 89.1%
2022 73.82 106th 689 84.6%
2023 77.57 109th 735 85.2%
2024 76.63 102nd 743 86.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Ledford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.69 235th 656 64.2%
2019 74.37 159th 684 76.8%
2021 72.85 166th 706 76.5%
2022 71.99 180th 733 75.4%
2023 75.27 153rd 731 79.1%
2024 66.04 222nd 738 69.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Ledford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.07 209th 475 56.0%
2019 52.43 189th 504 62.5%
2021 47.17 209th 478 56.3%
2022 33.42 287th 449 36.1%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Ledford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 64.34 141st 416 66.1%
2021 64.94 166th 448 62.9%
2022 67.92 101st 450 77.6%
2023 63.42 178th 452 60.6%
2024 64.15 165th 461 64.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Ledford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.54 281st 665 57.7%
2019 64.61 242nd 697 65.3%
2021 64.61 217th 711 69.5%
2022 57.95 284th 748 62.0%
2023 65.50 227th 747 69.6%
2024 76.22 152nd 751 79.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Ledford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 33.13 82nd 110 25.5%
2024 42.24 70th 110 36.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Ledford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.20 97th 494 80.4%
2019 76.77 70th 519 86.5%
2021 63.66 108th 533 79.7%
2022 58.79 168th 550 69.5%
2023 60.62 156th 559 72.1%
2024 74.50 97th 560 82.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ledford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.66 110th 472 76.7%
2019 69.39 98th 493 80.1%
2021 79.33 59th 522 88.7%
2022 76.52 72nd 541 86.7%
2023 72.34 97th 553 82.5%
2024 77.69 71st 564 87.4%
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Rank History for White students at Ledford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.55 354th 596 40.6%
2019 57.16 262nd 624 58.0%
2021 55.35 257th 632 59.3%
2022 51.09 311th 658 52.7%
2023 60.38 239th 656 63.6%
2024 60.98 234th 652 64.1%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Ledford Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 510 7 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 518
1989 533 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 540
1990 522 8 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 531
1991 559 5 0 2 3 n/a n/a 0 569
1992 563 7 0 1 3 n/a n/a 0 574
1993 599 9 0 1 3 n/a n/a 0 612
1994 627 6 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 635
1995 672 6 3 2 1 n/a n/a 0 684
1996 672 6 3 2 1 n/a n/a 0 684
1997 675 7 2 4 2 n/a n/a 0 690
1998 659 7 3 8 2 n/a n/a 0 679
1999 664 7 4 3 1 n/a n/a 0 679
2000 653 11 5 7 1 n/a n/a 0 677
2001 684 17 2 12 1 n/a n/a 0 716
2002 784 23 1 24 4 n/a n/a 0 836
2003 784 23 1 24 4 n/a n/a 0 836
2004 814 30 5 25 7 n/a n/a 0 881
2005 790 28 9 38 7 n/a n/a 0 872
2006 762 29 10 35 5 n/a n/a 0 841
2007 788 37 16 36 5 n/a n/a 7 889
2008 789 41 14 45 5 n/a n/a 11 905
2009 833 52 16 60 6 n/a n/a 0 967
2010 821 67 17 73 6 n/a n/a 0 984
2011 841 50 12 82 11 0 14 0 1010
2012 826 48 14 78 5 0 18 0 989
2013 539 45 13 76 2 0 16 0 691
2014 537 54 16 82 3 0 13 0 705
2015 549 60 17 84 3 0 20 0 733
2016 494 50 17 97 2 0 21 0 681
2017 467 51 24 116 0 3 17 0 678
2018 464 71 16 120 3 2 18 0 694
2019 462 73 19 125 3 2 28 0 712
2020 452 66 19 130 3 0 33 0 703
2021 404 60 23 141 0 0 27 0 655
2022 376 58 23 132 0 0 27 0 616
2023 356 60 22 131 0 0 28 0 597

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ledford Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 518 33.0 15.6 5.6
1989 540 36.0 15.0 7.4
1990 531 35.0 15.1 8.3
1991 569 35.0 16.2 7.7
1992 574 35.0 16.4 3.7
1993 612 35.0 17.5 7.7
1994 635 36.0 17.6 8
1995 684 38.0 18.0 6.7
1996 684 38.0 18.0 6.7
1997 690 39.0 17.7 5.7
1998 679 41.0 16.6 5.6
1999 679 42.0 16.2 10.3
2000 677 42.0 16.1 11.1
2001 716 42.0 17.0 11.6
2002 836 49.0 17.1 16.4
2003 836 49.0 17.1 16.4
2004 881 31.0 28.4 20.9
2005 872 32.0 27.3 24.4
2006 841 32.0 26.3 23.3
2007 889 47.0 18.9 24
2008 905 47.8 18.9 25.1
2009 967 51.9 18.6 n/a
2010 984 51.9 18.9 32.5
2011 1010 52.0 19.4 33.3
2012 989 52.0 19.0 33.4
2013 691 42.0 16.4 39.1
2014 705 41.0 17.1 40
2015 733 42.0 17.4 43.8
2016 681 42.0 16.2 43.6
2017 678 42.2 16.0 44.1
2018 694 41.3 16.7 40.1
2019 712 40.7 17.4 35
2020 703 41.8 16.7 39.7
2021 655 40.2 16.2 38.8
2022 616 41.0 15.0 34.4
2023 597 38.0 15.7 51.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ledford Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 518 33.0 15.6 5.6
1989 540 36.0 15.0 7.4
1990 531 35.0 15.1 8.3
1991 569 35.0 16.2 7.7
1992 574 35.0 16.4 3.7
1993 612 35.0 17.5 7.7
1994 635 36.0 17.6 8
1995 684 38.0 18.0 6.7
1996 684 38.0 18.0 6.7
1997 690 39.0 17.7 5.7
1998 679 41.0 16.6 5.6
1999 679 42.0 16.2 10.3
2000 677 42.0 16.1 11.1
2001 716 42.0 17.0 11.6
2002 836 49.0 17.1 16.4
2003 836 49.0 17.1 16.4
2004 881 31.0 28.4 20.9
2005 872 32.0 27.3 24.4
2006 841 32.0 26.3 23.3
2007 889 47.0 18.9 24
2008 905 47.8 18.9 25.1
2009 967 51.9 18.6 n/a
2010 984 51.9 18.9 32.5
2011 1010 52.0 19.4 33.3
2012 989 52.0 19.0 33.4
2013 691 42.0 16.4 39.1
2014 705 41.0 17.1 40
2015 733 42.0 17.4 43.8
2016 681 42.0 16.2 43.6
2017 678 42.2 16.0 44.1
2018 694 41.3 16.7 40.1
2019 712 40.7 17.4 35
2020 703 41.8 16.7 39.7
2021 655 40.2 16.2 38.8
2022 616 41.0 15.0 34.4
2023 597 38.0 15.7 51.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Ledford Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $512 (6.9%) $6,891 (93.1%) $7,403

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 191st of 737 Middle schoolsRanks 195th of 784 Middle schools
 1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Ledford Middle)71.872.2
 0.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Davidson County Schools)69.760.4
 9.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.852.3
 6.5%
6th Grade Reading (Ledford Middle)69.259.8
 9.4%
   6th Grade Reading (Davidson County Schools)61.551.5
 10%
   6th Grade Reading (North Carolina)6049.3
 10.7%
7th Grade Mathematics (Ledford Middle)68.266.5
 1.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Davidson County Schools)66.357.4
 8.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.450.1
 8.3%
7th Grade Reading (Ledford Middle)66.563.8
 2.7%
   7th Grade Reading (Davidson County Schools)62.449.3
 13.1%
   7th Grade Reading (North Carolina)58.850.2
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Ledford Middle)52.848.8
 4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Davidson County Schools)55.445.8
 9.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)52.644.8
 7.8%
8th Grade Reading (Ledford Middle)60.346.8
 13.5%
   8th Grade Reading (Davidson County Schools)57.648.6
 9%
   8th Grade Reading (North Carolina)55.651
 4.6%
8th Grade Science (Ledford Middle)88.480
 8.4%
   8th Grade Science (Davidson County Schools)84.575.1
 9.4%
   8th Grade Science (North Carolina)78.670.3
 8.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students712597
 16.2%
African American7360
 17.8%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian1922
 15.8%
Hispanic125131
 4.8%
Pacific Islander20
 100%
White462356
 22.9%
Two or More Races2828
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients35%51.8%
 16.8%


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Students who attend Ledford Middle usually go on to attend Ledford Senior High

Ledford Middle ranks 189th of 793 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 597 students attended Ledford Middle.

Students at Ledford Middle are 60% White, 22% Hispanic, 10% African American, 5% Two or more races, 4% Asian.


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