Schools in Zip Code 27360

Zip code 27360, in North Carolina's Piedmont region, has 12 public schools — six elementary, three middle, and three high schools — enrolling about 6,285 students. They are split between Davidson County Schools (8 schools) and Thomasville City Schools (4). The district divide is the ZIP's defining story: Davidson County Schools ranks 101st of 246 districts (59th percentile), while Thomasville City Schools ranks 234th of 246 (5th percentile).

The strongest schools all sit within Davidson County Schools. Ledford Middle is the ZIP's top school at the 71st percentile, with 82.8% 8th-grade science proficiency. East Davidson High is the top high school (52nd percentile) and the only one above state averages in all four End-of-Course subjects; its Math I proficiency more than doubled, from 21.1% to 47.5%. Hasty Elementary leads elementary schools at the 67th percentile with 87.7% 5th-grade math proficiency, and Brier Creek Elementary posted the ZIP's highest single score: 89.2% on 3rd-grade math. The weakest schools belong to Thomasville City Schools — Liberty Drive Elementary (6th percentile), Thomasville High (11th percentile), and Thomasville Middle (15th percentile, though up from the 9th percentile).

Two patterns matter most for families comparing schools. Chronic absenteeism is the sharpest dividing line: Thomasville City Schools average 34.1%, versus just 11.2% for Davidson County Schools in the ZIP and 24.2% statewide, and the gap tracks closely with achievement. Reading is also a widespread weakness — math consistently outpaces reading, as at Thomasville Primary, which posts 64.0% 3rd-grade math but only 36.6% reading. Finally, high poverty is not automatically low performance: Hasty Elementary (99.2% free/reduced lunch), Brier Creek Elementary (98.6%), and E Lawson Brown Middle (98.4%, 49th percentile) all outperform Thomasville City Schools at similar poverty levels, suggesting attendance and instructional support matter more than poverty alone.