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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Brunson Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000590
Brunson Elementary
155 N Hawthorne Road, Winston Salem, NC 27104 · (336) 703-4206 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
352 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 46% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
69%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
55.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
54.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 Brunson Elementary
Brunson Elementary's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunson Elementary this school | 355 | 99.2% | 57.4% |
| Cotswold Elementary Charlotte | 340 | 99.1% | 56.8% |
| John C Tayloe Elementary Washington | 382 | 99.2% | 49.1% |
| Billingsville Elementary Charlotte | 356 | 99.2% | N/A |
| John Small Elementary Washington | 379 | 99.2% | 41.8% |
| Grifton Grifton | 395 | 97.5% | 44.3% |
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 Brunson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #585 of 1,297 | #17 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #787 of 1,296 | #21 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #439 of 1,300 | #15 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #1,032 of 1,485 | #41 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #130 of 1,377 | #12 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #230 of 1,379 | #8 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #542 of 1,414 | #34 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.0% | #32 of 937 | #1 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
355
-89 (-20%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 514
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 355 | 28.7 | 12.4:1 | 99% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 27.4 | 13.5:1 | 99% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 28.4 | 14.5:1 | 99% (410) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 98% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 35.6 | 16.1:1 | 98% (562) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 100% (610) |
| 2010-11 | 525 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 54% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | 51 | 11.8:1 | 37% (225) |
| 1990-91 | 514 | 38 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brunson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (573 to 355); teachers down 19% (35.6 to 28.7).
About Brunson Elementary
Brunson Elementary is a small elementary school in Winston Salem, North Carolina, administered by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. It reports enrollment of 355 students in pre-K through 5. The school is 24% below the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Brunson Elementary is one of 79 schools in Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, which enrolls 51,745 students in total.
Black students account for 41% of enrollment at Brunson Elementary, more than any other group. The remaining students are 30% White, 20% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Forsyth County, the Black share is about 25%. The diversity index for Brunson Elementary is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.4:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina, 14.9:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. It compares with 88% for public schools in Forsyth County.
Brunson Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 59% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Brunson Elementary would be expected to post about 48.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.4%.
For the population of Forsyth County, the median household earns about $67,165 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Forsyth County, 88 public schools serve about 55,902 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Wiley Magnet Middle, is the closest to Brunson Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 47.0% proficiency; Brunson Elementary posts 57.4%.
Federal data place Brunson Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 20% over 4 years, reaching 355 in 2024-25. The ratio was 15.9:1 in 2020-21 and 12.4:1 in 2024-25.
People who know Brunson Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other Brunson Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Brunson Elementary. Brunson Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Brunson ElementaryBrunson, SC · 178 students
Nearby schools
- Wiley Magnet Middle0.3 mi · 754
- R J Reynolds High0.5 mi · 1,759
- Cook Literacy Model School1.1 mi · 228
- The Downtown School1.1 mi · 453
- Virtual Academy1.1 mi · 177
- Diggs-Latham Elementary1.2 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Brunson ElementaryHow large is Brunson Elementary?
Brunson Elementary enrolls approximately 355 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Brunson Elementary serve?
Brunson Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Brunson Elementary?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Brunson Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brunson Elementary?
At Brunson Elementary, the student body is approximately 30% White, 20% Hispanic, 41% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Brunson Elementary?
Brunson 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.