Schools · Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem, NC schools

Winston-Salem’s public schools score well below North Carolina’s averages: 41% of students are proficient in reading against 47.2% statewide, and 86% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.7%. Kids attend one of 28 schools through grade 12, then one of 11 high schools and one of 11 high schools.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C+School Grade #194Best schools in NC (of 252)#208Highest graduation rate in NC (of 284)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

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Winston-Salem’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Winston-Salem’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 62% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C+Test scoresCGraduation

North Carolina school districts we grade (318)Better than 38%

Lower resultsHigher results

North Carolina towns with similar household incomes (333)Better than 31%

High confidence. Built on 26,118 tested students and a graduating class of 4,439; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Carolina’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of North Carolina only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in North Carolina with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Winston-Salem kids go to school

Grades PK–12

28 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Forsyth County Schools

Grades 12

11 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Forsyth County Schools

Grades 12

11 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Forsyth County Schools

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Forsyth County)41%

State average 47.2%

Math (grades PK–12, Forsyth County)33%

State average 41.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

86% graduate on time

Graduation rate

86%

NC: 87.7%

Graduating class

4,439

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #208 of 284 NC towns →

Districts

The district serving Winston-Salem

Forsyth County SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 81 schools · 51,745 students

$13,477 per studentNC $13,045C+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 73 schools in Winston-Salem

Level

All 73 Elementary 31 Middle 10 High 14 Other 18

Type

All 73 Public 55 Charter 5 Private 13

Showing 1–30 of 73 schools

Meadowlark ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 827 students

Speas ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 793 students

Forsyth AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 729 students

Sedge Garden ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 714 students

Sherwood Forest ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 670 students

The Arts Based SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 663 students

Griffith ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 621 students

Old Town ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 617 students

Konnoak ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 600 students

Gibson ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 589 students

Union Cross Traditional AcadElementary · Grades PK–5 · 549 students

Mineral Springs ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 545 students

Hall-Woodward ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 532 students

Forest Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 522 students

Petree ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 519 students

Easton Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 504 students

South Fork ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 503 students

Whitaker ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 490 students

North Hills ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 453 students

The Downtown SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 453 students

Moore Magnet ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 450 students

Smith Farm ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 440 students

Diggs-Latham ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 385 students

Bolton ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 380 students

Ibraham ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 357 students

Brunson ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 355 students

Ashley AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 348 students

Kimberley Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 332 students

Cook Literacy Model SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 228 students

The Special Children's SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 98 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.