Cook Literacy Model School

Cook Literacy Model School operates as a tight-knit primary school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, one of the schools within Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 228 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 51% leaner than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools comprises 79 schools with combined enrollment of 51,745 students; Cook Literacy Model School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Cook Literacy Model School reports that Black students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder comes out to 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 25% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Cook Literacy Model School records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Cook Literacy Model School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Forsyth County (around 88%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Cook Literacy Model School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.1%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Forsyth County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $67,165 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Forsyth County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students), Cook Literacy Model School is one campus in the mix.

Lowrance Middle 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. On composite proficiency, Cook Literacy Model School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

Cook Literacy Model School operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cook Literacy Model School has climbed 3%, going from 221 students in 2018 to 228 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 88% to 74% across the same window.

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