East Forsyth High

Located at 2500 W Mountain Street, in Kernersville, North Carolina, East Forsyth High is a high-enrollment high school that hosts 1,647 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 761 students per school, that is 116% bigger than typical.

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

On demographics, East Forsyth High lists that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 22% Black, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the resource side, On paper, East Forsyth High has 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Forsyth County runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), East Forsyth High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Forsyth County put median household earnings sit near $67,165, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. East Forsyth High is one of 88 public schools in Forsyth County (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sedge Garden Elementary, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Forsyth High. On composite proficiency, East Forsyth High comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. East Forsyth High's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,785 (now 1,647). White enrollment moved from 56% to 43% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.