Enrollment
380
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000588
Bolton Elementary
1250 Bolton Street, Winston Salem, NC 27103 · (336) 703-4247 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL380 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
377 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
36.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
52.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bolton Elementary
Bolton Elementary's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton Elementary this school | 380 | 99.2% | 46.7% |
| Northwest Elementary Greenville | 361 | 99.2% | 46.0% |
| Margaret Hearne Elementary Wilson | 423 | 99.3% | 42.1% |
| W H Knuckles Lumberton | 382 | 99.2% | 36.8% |
| Lingerfeldt Elementary Gastonia | 450 | 99.3% | 27.4% |
| Southeast Raleigh Elementary Raleigh | 378 | 99.2% | 34.5% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bolton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #909 of 1,297 | #27 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #832 of 1,296 | #23 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #1,062 of 1,300 | #28 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #966 of 1,485 | #39 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #93 of 1,377 | #9 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #645 of 1,379 | #24 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #493 of 1,414 | #32 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #321 of 937 | #12 of 32 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
380
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 380 | 31.6 | 12.0:1 | 99% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 29.8 | 12.2:1 | 99% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 32.5 | 12.0:1 | 99% (385) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 99% (369) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 39 | 11.9:1 | 98% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 99% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 49 | 12.3:1 | 87% (526) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 50 | 13.5:1 | 57% (382) |
| 1990-91 | 544 | 30 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bolton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (465 to 380); teachers down 19% (39 to 31.6).
About Bolton Elementary
Bolton Elementary is a small elementary school in Winston Salem, North Carolina. School enrollment was 380 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools enrolls 51,745 students, and its 79 schools include Bolton Elementary.
At 53%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Bolton Elementary combined. The school is also 31% Hispanic, 8% White, and 7% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 25%. The chance that two students picked at random at Bolton Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1 at Bolton Elementary, with 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 99%. For comparison, public schools in Forsyth County average 88%.
Bolton Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 48.5%. Bolton Elementary scores 46.7%.
Among Forsyth County residents, median household income is about $67,165, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Bolton Elementary is one of 88 public schools in Forsyth County, which together enroll about 55,902 students.
The nearest public school is Moore Magnet Elementary, at about 1.0 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Bolton Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Bolton Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 372 in 2020-21, 380 in 2024-25.
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Forsyth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
389,977
Census ACS
Median income
$67,165
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
55,902 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools
- West Forsyth HighHigh · 2,145 students
- Ronald W Reagan High SchoolHigh · 2,122 students
- R J Reynolds HighHigh · 1,759 students
- East Forsyth HighHigh · 1,647 students
- Parkland HighHigh · 1,569 students
- Mount Tabor High SchoolHigh · 1,426 students
Other schools in Winston Salem
- R J Reynolds HighHigh · 1,759 students
- Parkland HighHigh · 1,569 students
- Mount Tabor High SchoolHigh · 1,426 students
- North Forsyth Magnet HighHigh · 1,084 students
- Hanes Magnet SchoolMiddle · 967 students
- Speas ElementaryElementary · 793 students
Nearby schools
- Moore Magnet Elementary1.0 mi · 450
- Early College of Forsyth Co1.1 mi · 306
- Middle College of Forsyth Cnty1.1 mi · 121
- Diggs-Latham Elementary2.0 mi · 385
- South Fork Elementary2.0 mi · 503
- Brunson Elementary2.0 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Bolton ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bolton Elementary?
Bolton Elementary enrolls approximately 380 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bolton Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bolton Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Bolton Elementary?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Bolton Elementary.
How diverse is Bolton Elementary?
Bolton Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 31% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Bolton Elementary?
Bolton Elementary is overseen by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools in Forsyth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.