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Thomasville High

Public Grades 9-12
578th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 641 North Carolina High Schools
Better than 10% of North Carolina high schools
Summary

Thomasville High is a public high school located in Thomasville, North Carolina, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 596 students. The school is part of the Thomasville City Schools district, which is ranked 232 out of 242 districts in North Carolina and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Thomasville High has consistently ranked in the bottom half of North Carolina high schools over the past several years, with a ranking between 551-593 out of 594-641 schools.

Thomasville High consistently underperforms the state average on end-of-course (EOC) exams across all subject areas, including Biology, English II, Math I, and Math III. For example, in 2024-2025, only 12.8% of Thomasville High students were proficient or better in Biology EOC, compared to the state average of 48.3%. The school also has had four-year graduation rates ranging from 71.9% to 87.7% over the past few years, which are significantly lower than the state average. Additionally, Thomasville High has an extremely high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 97.79% to 99.5% over the past few years, much higher than the nearby schools.

The nearby schools, such as Oak Grove High, Penn-Griffin Schools, and Wheatmore High School, generally outperform Thomasville High across academic measures, graduation rates, and student demographics. This suggests that the challenges faced by Thomasville High may be unique to the school or the Thomasville City Schools district, rather than being a broader regional issue.

590
Students ?
22.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,281
Per pupil spending ?
99.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 410 Unity Street
       Thomasville, NC  27360-2532

(336) 474-4250

District: Thomasville City Schools


Feeder schools for Thomasville High:

Elementary:    Liberty Drive Elementary
    Thomasville Primary
Middle:    Thomasville Middle
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
44.1%
African American:
34.1%
White:
13.7%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 29th percentile in 2015 → 10th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the North Carolina average (28% vs 53% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)
!Graduation rate below the North Carolina average (80% vs 88%)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school28%
District avg28%
North Carolina avg53%
578th of 641
North Carolina public high schools ?
Bottom 10%▼ down 19 pts since 2015
From bottom 29% (2015) to bottom 10% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of North Carolina High Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
232nd of 242Thomasville City Schools 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202513.5578 of 6419.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.9593 of 6407.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.0569 of 6269.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.4556 of 62110.5%★☆☆☆☆
202111.2551 of 5947.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201926.4370 of 51428.0%★☆☆☆☆
201826.9342 of 46927.1%★☆☆☆☆
201713.4404 of 47615.1%★☆☆☆☆
201615.4415 of 50718.1%★☆☆☆☆
201523.7376 of 53129.2%★☆☆☆☆
201412.9390 of 45113.5%★☆☆☆☆
201333.9280 of 50544.6%★★☆☆☆
201226.9389 of 50222.5%★☆☆☆☆
201147.5309 of 50638.9%★★☆☆☆
201033.7384 of 49923.0%★☆☆☆☆
200944.4299 of 49039.0%★★☆☆☆
200842.7305 of 47736.1%★★☆☆☆
200736.3322 of 45328.9%★☆☆☆☆
200643.8283 of 43134.3%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202524.8350 of 44020.5%★☆☆☆☆
202413.4426 of 4372.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.9393 of 4349.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202225.8339 of 43021.2%★☆☆☆☆
202119.1329 of 3649.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201941.4164 of 36955.6%★★★☆☆
201835.1218 of 35939.3%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202120.5307 of 3348.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.6354 of 3642.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.1295 of 34915.5%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202535.4172 of 27337.0%★★☆☆☆
202322.2204 of 2269.7%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202514.3540 of 61011.5%★☆☆☆☆
20249.1571 of 6025.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.4552 of 5886.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.4560 of 5945.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.4455 of 4754.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201929.0341 of 47528.2%★☆☆☆☆
201824.6344 of 44923.4%★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
20257.7403 of 4122.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202425.3357 of 40311.4%★☆☆☆☆
202348.9259 of 40335.7%★★☆☆☆
202226.0343 of 39813.8%★☆☆☆☆
202111.5315 of 3376.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201951.4182 of 32544.0%★★☆☆☆
201877.711 of 10089.0%★★★★☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202518.5413 of 46210.6%★☆☆☆☆
202415.8418 of 4547.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.7418 of 4496.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.5399 of 4368.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.5332 of 37010.3%★☆☆☆☆
201943.6153 of 35456.8%★★★☆☆
201841.7180 of 34047.1%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202517.7541 of 60610.7%★☆☆☆☆
202418.2531 of 61313.4%★☆☆☆☆
202317.2530 of 59711.2%★☆☆☆☆
202215.7505 of 5447.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.8394 of 4328.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201934.1263 of 44641.0%★★☆☆☆
201830.7290 of 42431.6%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202511.9561 of 6016.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.0570 of 6076.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.4546 of 6029.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.4487 of 58516.8%★☆☆☆☆
202112.8433 of 48110.0%★☆☆☆☆
201921.2382 of 48821.7%★☆☆☆☆
201825.2352 of 46324.0%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202438.5166 of 26136.4%★★☆☆☆
202319.7211 of 24915.3%★☆☆☆☆
202218.5206 of 2268.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202520.2315 of 35210.5%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
20248.5524 of 5535.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.8513 of 5374.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.2500 of 5346.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.9364 of 43917.1%★☆☆☆☆
20199.0418 of 4445.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.7354 of 42717.1%★☆☆☆☆
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)
English Language Learner (2025)37th percentile+27 vs school
Multi-racial (2024)36th percentile+29 vs school
African American (2025)20th percentile+11 vs school
Female (2025)11th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)11th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)11th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)11th percentile~ school
Disabled (2021)8th percentile~ school
Male (2025)7th percentile-3 vs school
White (2024)5th percentile~ school
Gifted and Talented (2025)2nd percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?
Math III51%-15 vs state
English II32%-27 vs state
Math I13%-21 vs state
Biology13%-35 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Thomasville High

In the 2024-25 school year, 590 students attended Thomasville High.

Students at Thomasville High are 44% Hispanic, 34% African American, 14% White, 7% Two or more races.

Thomasville High ranks in the bottom 9.8% of North Carolina high schools.

Thomasville High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Liberty Drive Elementary
Elementary : Thomasville Primary
Middle : Thomasville Middle

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2016–17 through 2024–25 graduation ratesSep 3, 2025
2024–25 EOC & EOG test scoresSep 3, 2025
2023–24 EOC & EOG test scoresSep 4, 2024


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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