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Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000617
Diggs-Latham Elementary
986 Hutton Street, Winston Salem, NC 27101 · (336) 703-4102 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+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
10.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
382 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
60%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
42.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
58.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% 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 Diggs-Latham Elementary
Diggs-Latham Elementary's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diggs-Latham Elementary this school | 385 | 99.2% | 49.8% |
| Y E Smith Elementary Durham | 358 | 99.2% | 22.0% |
| Highland Renaissance Academy Charlotte | 443 | 99.3% | 45.0% |
| KIPP Durham College Preparatory Durham | 380 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Wingate Elementary Wingate | 394 | 99.2% | 58.8% |
| Oak Grove Elementary Durham | 395 | 99.2% | 61.4% |
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 Diggs-Latham Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #819 of 1,297 | #22 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #650 of 1,296 | #17 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #872 of 1,300 | #22 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #943 of 1,485 | #38 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #19 of 1,377 | #2 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #708 of 1,379 | #27 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #480 of 1,414 | #31 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.9% | #114 of 937 | #6 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
385
-90 (-19%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 387
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 385 | 37 | 10.4:1 | 99% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 36 | 10.9:1 | 99% (390) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 40.9 | 10.2:1 | 99% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 99% (472) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 40.6 | 13.2:1 | 98% (523) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 99% (519) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 41 | 11.3:1 | 97% (450) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 43 | 6.8:1 | 91% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 387 | 29 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Diggs-Latham Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (534 to 385); teachers down 9% (40.6 to 37).
About Diggs-Latham Elementary
Diggs-Latham Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Winston Salem, North Carolina, (ZIP code 27101). The school enrolls 385 students in pre-K through 5.
Diggs-Latham Elementary is run by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, whose 79 schools enroll 51,745 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Diggs-Latham Elementary is Hispanic, with 48% of students. Enrollment also includes 40% Black, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 33 points above the 15% share among Forsyth County residents. The diversity index for Diggs-Latham Elementary is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 4.5 students per teacher. Roughly 99% of students at Diggs-Latham Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 88% average for public schools in Forsyth County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Diggs-Latham Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 39% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Diggs-Latham Elementary is 1.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (49.8% versus 48.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
The school is in Forsyth County, where median household income comes to about $67,165, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Forsyth County's 88 public schools enroll about 55,902 students and include Diggs-Latham Elementary.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Middle College of Forsyth Cnty, is about 1.1 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Diggs-Latham Elementary is 3rd of 5 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Diggs-Latham Elementary inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 475 to 385, a 19% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 13.2:1 in 2020-21 to 10.4:1 in 2024-25.
Diggs-Latham Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Nearby schools
- Middle College of Forsyth Cnty1.1 mi · 121
- Early College of Forsyth Co1.1 mi · 306
- Brunson Elementary1.2 mi · 355
- Wiley Magnet Middle1.5 mi · 754
- Main Street Academy1.5 mi · 63
- Parkland High1.5 mi · 1,569
Frequently asked questions
About Diggs-Latham ElementaryHow large is Diggs-Latham Elementary?
Diggs-Latham Elementary enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
Is Diggs-Latham Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Diggs-Latham Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Diggs-Latham Elementary have?
Diggs-Latham Elementary employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
How diverse is Diggs-Latham Elementary?
Diggs-Latham Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 48% Hispanic, 40% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Diggs-Latham Elementary?
Diggs-Latham 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.