Brunson Elementary

Located at 155 N Hawthorne Road, in Winston Salem, North Carolina, Brunson Elementary is a small primary school that serves 355 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Brunson Elementary sits 24% smaller than that benchmark.

Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools comprises 79 schools with combined enrollment of 51,745 students; Brunson Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Brunson Elementary records that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% White, 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Forsyth County's rate of about 88%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Brunson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 57.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Forsyth County put median household income runs about $67,165, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Brunson Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Wiley Magnet Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brunson Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 47.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 38%: 573 students in 2018 compared to 355 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 31% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Brunson Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.