Summary:
Middle schools in zip code 27262 in High Point, North Carolina, include just one campus, Ferndale Middle, which serves grades 6–8 as part of Guilford County Schools. The school enrolls 486 students and operates with a student-teacher ratio of 15.2, with 99.38% of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.
Ferndale Middle showed substantial academic progress between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, improving in every subject and grade level tested. Combined EOG proficiency rose 9.0 points to 42.7%, outpacing the district, which rose 3.1 points to 51.2%, and the state, which rose 3.8 points to 57.7%. The strongest gains came in 8th grade science, which jumped from 31.1% to 55.2% proficiency, and 8th grade math, which rose from 21.7% to 37.0%. Ferndale’s best current scores are 8th grade science at 55.2%, 7th grade math at 47.1%, and 7th grade reading at 45.3%, while the weakest areas are 6th grade reading at 34.7%, 8th grade reading at 36.4%, and 8th grade math at 37.0%.
Despite this momentum, Ferndale Middle continues to face major challenges. Chronic absenteeism is 42.0%, well above the district rate of 29.2% and the state rate of 24.2%, meaning roughly 2 in 5 students are chronically absent. The school remains a 1-star institution on SchoolDigger, ranking 620th out of 778 North Carolina middle schools at the 20th percentile. Average reading proficiency across grades 6–8 is approximately 38.8%, making literacy the most pressing academic concern. Ferndale still lags district and state averages, but with improvements in every tested area and a narrowing of performance gaps, the data points to a school beginning to move in a more positive direction.
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