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Trinity Middle School

Public Grades 6-8
519th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 778 North Carolina Middle Schools
Better than 33% of North Carolina middle schools
Summary

Trinity Middle School is a public school in Archdale, North Carolina, serving 544 students in grades 6–8 through the Randolph County School System. Trinity earned 2 of 5 stars in the state's most recent ratings — 519th of 778 middle schools, the 33rd percentile — a mid-to-lower-middle position it has held for five years. Nearby school options vary widely: Ledford Middle and Oak Grove Middle in Davidson County Schools rank far higher, as does Wheatmore Middle School, a same-district neighbor just miles away. Trinity does outperform several nearby schools, including Thomasville Middle, Welborn Middle, and Southern Guilford Middle.

Academically, Trinity trails the state average in every tested subject, usually by 4 to 12 percentage points. Grade-level patterns matter: 6th graders are weakest relative to district peers, while 8th graders exceed the Randolph County district average in math, reading, and science. Still, wide gaps remain against top nearby schools: 8th-grade science proficiency is 59.4%, versus 82.8% at Ledford Middle and 71.7% at Oak Grove Middle. A strong 7th-grade reading gain (36% to 52%) is encouraging, but most other subjects were flat or lower that year — improvements so far look tied to specific cohorts, not schoolwide change.

Chronic absenteeism is a major concern: 25.4% of students are chronically absent, above both district (22.5%) and state (24.2%) rates, and far higher than similarly high-poverty schools nearby like Wheatmore Middle School (18.8%) and E Lawson Brown Middle (13.8%). The free/reduced-lunch figure jumped to 99.45%, but that is almost certainly a district meal-policy change, not a shift in student circumstances. Student group results are mixed: low-income and African American students have improved to near the statewide median, but students with disabilities remain at the very bottom of the state, English learner scores collapsed in the latest year, and gifted students score near the 17th percentile statewide — support for different learners is uneven.

544
Students ?
18.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
99.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 5271 Surrett Drive
       Archdale, NC  27263

(336) 886-1100

District: Randolph County School System


Students who attend Trinity Middle School usually attend:

High:    Randolph Early College High School
    Wheatmore High School

Feeder schools for Trinity Middle School:

Elementary:    Archdale Elementary School
    Hopewell Elementary School
    John R Lawrence Elementary School
    Trindale Elementary School
    More...
Racial breakdown:

White:
57.2%
Hispanic:
21.3%
Asian:
11.2%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 45th percentile in 2022 → 33rd in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the North Carolina average (49% vs 58% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2022
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school49%
District avg49%
North Carolina avg58%
519th of 778
North Carolina public middle schools ?
Bottom 33%▼ down 12 pts since 2022
From bottom 45% (2022) to bottom 33% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of North Carolina Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
160th of 246Randolph County School System among North Carolina districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202634.3519 of 77833.3%★★☆☆☆
202539.7473 of 77338.8%★★☆☆☆
202428.4574 of 79327.6%★☆☆☆☆
202338.5480 of 78438.8%★★☆☆☆
202244.0433 of 78644.9%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202646.0270 of 55351.2%★★★☆☆
202518.2489 of 54610.4%★☆☆☆☆
20248.5549 of 5602.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.3505 of 5599.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202613.9111 of 1218.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.3106 of 1114.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.1100 of 1109.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.097 of 11011.8%★☆☆☆☆
202214.797 of 10911.0%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202615.1358 of 3631.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202551.2124 of 37166.6%★★★☆☆
202426.3295 of 35617.1%★☆☆☆☆
202350.9112 of 31864.8%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202632.8504 of 73131.1%★★☆☆☆
202528.8541 of 73326.2%★☆☆☆☆
202426.0569 of 73822.9%★☆☆☆☆
202331.1516 of 73129.4%★☆☆☆☆
202241.1432 of 73341.1%★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202637.6388 of 46516.6%★☆☆☆☆
202537.8374 of 45818.3%★☆☆☆☆
202423.8428 of 4617.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202328.5409 of 4529.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202232.7399 of 45011.3%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202636.4368 of 56635.0%★★☆☆☆
202550.6257 of 56254.3%★★★☆☆
202428.9432 of 56423.4%★☆☆☆☆
202351.0245 of 55355.7%★★★☆☆
202237.6354 of 54134.6%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202648.3353 of 72551.3%★★★☆☆
202545.9385 of 72947.2%★★☆☆☆
202432.0541 of 74327.2%★☆☆☆☆
202341.0436 of 73540.7%★★☆☆☆
202251.3299 of 68956.6%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202633.6493 of 73633.0%★★☆☆☆
202548.9371 of 73349.4%★★☆☆☆
202429.6553 of 75126.4%★☆☆☆☆
202344.0407 of 74745.5%★★☆☆☆
202245.2405 of 74845.9%★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202640.4204 of 33338.7%★★☆☆☆
202428.8241 of 30621.2%★☆☆☆☆
202322.4261 of 30213.6%★☆☆☆☆
202246.1144 of 28349.1%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202611.9500 of 5000.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.5477 of 4780.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.6468 of 4731.1%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202615.6585 of 6449.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202521.5547 of 64915.7%★☆☆☆☆
202412.2611 of 6526.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.6578 of 65611.9%★☆☆☆☆
202225.8535 of 65818.7%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)51st percentile+18 vs school
African American (2026)51st percentile+18 vs school
Multi-racial (2026)39th percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2026)35th percentile~ school
Male (2026)33rd percentile~ school
Female (2026)31st percentile~ school
Gifted and Talented (2026)17th percentile-17 vs school
White (2026)9th percentile-24 vs school
Asian (2026)8th percentile-25 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)1st percentile-32 vs school
Special Education (2026)<1st percentile-33 vs school
By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?
Science59%-9 vs state
Reading48%-8 vs state
Mathematics46%-10 vs state

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Trinity Middle School ranks 519th of 778 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 544 students attended Trinity Middle School.

Students who attend Trinity Middle School usually go on to attend Randolph Early College High School

Students at Trinity Middle School are 57% White, 21% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 5% African American, 4% Two or more races.

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2017–18 through 2025–26 attendance data & graduation ratesNewSep 2, 2026
2025–26 EOC & EOG test scoresNewSep 2, 2026
2016–17 through 2024–25 graduation ratesSep 3, 2025
2024–25 EOC & EOG test scoresSep 3, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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