East Forsyth Middle School

East Forsyth Middle School is a middle school of mid-sized scale in Kernersville, North Carolina, overseen by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, hosting 772 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 28% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

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

On the student-mix side, East Forsyth Middle School records that the largest single group is Black at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 19% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Forsyth County (around 88%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, East Forsyth Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.4%; actual is 28.8%, a gap of -19.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Forsyth County) reports that median household income runs about $67,165, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Forsyth County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students), of which East Forsyth Middle School is one.

Cash Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Forsyth Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East Forsyth Middle School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.1%.

East Forsyth Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. East Forsyth Middle School's enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 734 (now 772). Over the same period, the White share fell from 26% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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