Cash Elementary

Located at 4700 Old Hollow Road, in Kernersville, North Carolina, Cash Elementary is a mid-tier primary school that teaches 520 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools.

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

In terms of who attends, Cash Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 18% Black, 11% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Forsyth County's rate of about 88%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cash Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Forsyth County) records that 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 Cash Elementary is one.

East Forsyth Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cash Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 25%: 692 students in 2018 compared to 520 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 66% to 51%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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