Atkins Academic & Tech High

Located at 3605 Old Greensboro Road, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Atkins Academic & Tech High is a sizable high school that works with 1,187 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Atkins Academic & Tech High sits 56% bigger than that benchmark.

Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools comprises 79 schools with combined enrollment of 51,745 students; Atkins Academic & Tech High is among them.

On demographics, Atkins Academic & Tech High reports that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% Black, 21% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 56% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Atkins Academic & Tech High has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Forsyth County (around 88%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Atkins Academic & Tech High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.8%; this one delivers 71.5%.

In the surrounding community, Forsyth County reports that median household income runs about $67,165, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Forsyth County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students), of which Atkins Academic & Tech High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Petree Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Atkins Academic & Tech High comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Atkins Academic & Tech High's enrollment has increased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 952 (now 1,187). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 31% to 24%. Class-load math has rose: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Atkins Academic & Tech High typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.