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Alumni: what's one memory from Friendship Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIDSON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370114002760
Friendship Elementary
1490 Friendship-Ledford Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27107 · (336) 231-8744 · Davidson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-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
16.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
202 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 26 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
61.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
73.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
69.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Friendship Elementary
Friendship Elementary's state test result (69.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Elementary this school | 470 | 43.0% | 69.6% |
| Southwest Elementary Clemmons | 546 | 37.7% | 74.7% |
| Cary Elementary Cary | 477 | 42.6% | 70.2% |
| Friedberg Elementary Winston-Salem | 468 | 45.7% | 66.9% |
| Briarcliff Elementary Cary | 486 | 43.0% | 58.1% |
| Penny Road Elementary Cary | 509 | 36.9% | 63.0% |
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 Friendship Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Davidson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #241 of 1,297 | #3 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #249 of 1,296 | #3 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #282 of 1,300 | #3 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #693 of 1,485 | #9 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,073 of 1,377 | #17 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #851 of 1,379 | #9 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #1,200 of 1,414 | #23 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #919 of 937 | #18 of 18 |
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
470
0 (0%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 470 | 28.9 | 16.3:1 | 43% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 461 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 43% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 31.6 | 15.2:1 | 39% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 24% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 30.1 | 15.7:1 | 33% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 37% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 27 | 19.1:1 | 29% (150) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Friendship Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (473 to 470); teachers down 4% (30.1 to 28.9).
About Friendship Elementary
In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Friendship Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 470 students.
The district for Friendship Elementary is Davidson County Schools, with 35 schools and 17,936 students.
White students make up a majority at Friendship Elementary, at 63%. The next largest groups are 16% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. In Davidson County overall, about 78% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.3:1. That is 1.4 students per teacher above the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Friendship Elementary reports 43% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 76% average among public schools in Davidson County.
The allk12 Grade for Friendship Elementary is B+. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 70% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Friendship Elementary scores 69.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 65.7%.
Friendship Elementary is located in Davidson County, where the median household income is $64,172, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Friendship Elementary is one of 49 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Ledford Senior High is about 0.4 miles away. There are 7 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Friendship Elementary ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 69.6% versus a 57.1% average.
Federal data place Friendship Elementary in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 470, starting from 470.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Davidson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
172,954
Census ACS
Median income
$64,172
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
23,696 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davidson County Schools
- Oak Grove HighHigh · 992 students
- North Davidson HighHigh · 935 students
- Central Davidson HighHigh · 897 students
- Ledford Senior HighHigh · 776 students
- West Davidson HighHigh · 740 students
- Oak Grove MiddleMiddle · 727 students
Other schools in Winston-Salem
- Atkins Academic & Tech HighHigh · 1,187 students
- Clemmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,092 students
- Oak Grove HighHigh · 992 students
- Meadowlark MiddleMiddle · 857 students
- Meadowlark ElementaryElementary · 827 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 808 students
Other Friendship Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Friendship Elementary. Friendship Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Friendship Elementary SchoolBuford, GA · 673 students
- Friendship Elementary SchoolKELLER, TX · 464 students
- FRIENDSHIP ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDELTONA, FL · 429 students
- Friendship Elementary SchoolGlen Rock, PA · 377 students
- Friendship ElementaryFriendship, TN · 117 students
Nearby schools
- Ledford Senior High0.4 mi · 776
- Ledford Middle1.4 mi · 651
- Oak Grove High1.7 mi · 992
- Oak Grove Middle1.9 mi · 727
- Wallburg Elementary3.4 mi · 717
- Hasty Elementary4.2 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Friendship ElementaryHow many students attend Friendship Elementary?
Friendship Elementary enrolls approximately 470 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Friendship Elementary serve?
Friendship Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Friendship Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Friendship Elementary is approximately 16.3:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Friendship Elementary?
Student demographics at Friendship Elementary are roughly 63% White, 16% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Friendship Elementary public or private?
Friendship Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Davidson County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.