Diggs-Latham Elementary

Set in Winston Salem, North Carolina, Diggs-Latham Elementary is an intimate primary school, part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. It educates 385 students across grades pre-K through 5.

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

On demographics, Diggs-Latham Elementary logs that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 40% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the income-and-resources front, Diggs-Latham Elementary reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Diggs-Latham Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. 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. By comparison, Forsyth County runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Diggs-Latham Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Forsyth County) reports that median household earnings sit near $67,165, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Forsyth County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students), Diggs-Latham Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Middle College of Forsyth Cnty is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Diggs-Latham Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.3%.

Diggs-Latham Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Diggs-Latham Elementary has ticked down 28%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 385 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 35% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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