Bolton Elementary

Bolton Elementary is a compact elementary campus in Winston Salem, North Carolina, overseen by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. The school teaches 380 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 79 schools in Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools (51,745 students total), Bolton Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Bolton Elementary shows that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 31% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Bolton Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Forsyth County (around 88%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Bolton Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 46.7%, a residual of -1.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Forsyth County put median household earnings sit near $67,165, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bolton Elementary is one of 88 public schools in Forsyth County (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students).

The closest other public school is Moore Magnet Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bolton Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bolton Elementary has ticked down 18%, going from 465 students in 2018 to 380 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 38% to 31%.

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