Summary:
Located in Thomasville, North Carolina, Thomasville City Schools has just one high school — Thomasville High — which serves 590 students in grades 9–12. Since it is the district's only high school, the school's profile is essentially the district's high school profile. Thomasville High serves a strikingly high-poverty population, with 99.49% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, and it carries a 1-star state rating for 2025-2026 after receiving 0 stars in each of the prior two years.
Academic rankings place this school among North Carolina's lowest-performing high schools. Thomasville High ranks #587 out of 662 high schools statewide, placing it in the 11th percentile, while Thomasville City Schools ranks #234 out of 246 districts (5th percentile). The graduation rate is 76.0%, compared with 88.8% statewide, and chronic absenteeism affects 36.9% of students — well above the state's 24.2% rate. The student-teacher ratio is 22.9, and per-pupil spending is $12,281 (2018-2019 data).
End-of-Course test results show the school below state averages in every subject. In 2025-2026, Biology proficiency reached 40.4% versus the state's 58.5%, English II hit 34.2% versus 64.6%, Math I came in at 19.7% versus 42.1%, and Math III was 44.3% versus 68.9%. The brightest spot is Biology, which jumped from 12.8% proficient the prior year — a strong one-year gain. However, Math I remains the weakest area, with roughly 80% of students not proficient, and English II has barely improved while the gap with the state has widened. In short, Thomasville High faces significant obstacles related to poverty and absenteeism, and while the Biology improvement offers modest encouragement, proficiency and graduation outcomes remain far below state averages across all core measures.
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