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The highest-poverty public elementary schools in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

32 public elementary schools in Winston-Salem, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public elementary schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Meadowlark Elementary leads the list at 99.6%, against a median of 99.4% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.6%

Median % FRL

99.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Meadowlark Elementary	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	827	99.6%
2	Speas Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	793	99.6%
3	Kimmel Farm Elementary	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	760	99.6%
4	Griffith Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	621	99.5%
5	Old Town Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	617	99.5%
6	Konnoak Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	600	99.5%
7	Gibson Elementary	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	589	99.5%
8	Jefferson Elementary	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	560	99.5%
9	Forsyth Academy	Winston-Salem, NC	Forsyth Academy	Elementary	729	99.5%
10	Mineral Springs Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	545	99.4%
11	Hall-Woodward Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	532	99.4%
12	Forest Park Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	522	99.4%
13	Petree Elementary	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	519	99.4%
14	Easton Elementary School	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	504	99.4%
15	South Fork Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	503	99.4%
16	Ward Elementary	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	489	99.4%
17	North Hills Elementary	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	453	99.3%
18	Moore Magnet Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	450	99.3%
19	Smith Farm Elementary	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	440	99.3%
20	Diggs-Latham Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	385	99.2%
21	Bolton Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	380	99.2%
22	Ibraham Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	357	99.2%
23	Brunson Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	355	99.2%
24	Ashley Academy	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	348	99.1%
25	Kimberley Park Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	332	99.1%
26	Cook Literacy Model School	Winston-Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	228	98.7%
27	Wallburg Elementary	Winston-Salem, NC	Davidson County Schools	Elementary	717	51.0%
28	Friedberg Elementary	Winston-Salem, NC	Davidson County Schools	Elementary	468	45.7%
29	Friendship Elementary	Winston-Salem, NC	Davidson County Schools	Elementary	470	43.0%
30	Whitaker Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	490	25.5%
31	The Downtown School	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	453	24.9%
32	Sherwood Forest Elementary	Winston Salem, NC	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	Elementary	670	19.0%

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