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Enrollment
589
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150002578
Gibson Elementary
2020 Walker Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27106 · (336) 703-4212 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
12.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
586 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 | 54 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
61%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
21.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
24.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Gibson Elementary
Gibson Elementary's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Elementary this school | 589 | 99.5% | 23.0% |
| Walnut Creek Elementary Raleigh | 574 | 99.5% | 32.7% |
| Creech Road Elementary Garner | 549 | 99.5% | 49.8% |
| Pactolus Greenville | 657 | 99.5% | 44.8% |
| Sandy Ridge Elementary Durham | 589 | 99.5% | 45.6% |
| Petree Elementary Winston-Salem | 519 | 99.4% | 25.4% |
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 Gibson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #1,288 of 1,297 | #41 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #1,281 of 1,296 | #42 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #1,273 of 1,300 | #40 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #376 of 1,485 | #18 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #128 of 1,377 | #11 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #650 of 1,379 | #25 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #161 of 1,414 | #14 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #482 of 937 | #20 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
589
+20 (+4%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 589 | 47.6 | 12.4:1 | 99% (586) |
| 2023-24 | 659 | 44.4 | 14.8:1 | 100% (656) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 46.8 | 13.5:1 | 100% (629) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 99% (566) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 48.4 | 14.0:1 | 100% (674) |
| 2015-16 | 683 | 51 | 13.4:1 | 100% (680) |
| 2010-11 | 793 | 51 | 15.6:1 | 83% (661) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gibson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (677 to 589); teachers down 2% (48.4 to 47.6).
About Gibson Elementary
This page covers Gibson Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It serves 589 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in North Carolina is roughly 467 students; this school is 26% bigger than that.
The district, Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, operates 79 schools serving 51,745 students.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Gibson Elementary, at 49%. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 6% White, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Forsyth County residents are about 25% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 47.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.4:1. That is 2.5 students per teacher below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Gibson Elementary reports 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Forsyth County averages 88%, lower than here.
The allk12 Grade for Gibson Elementary is F. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 0% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Gibson Elementary is a bottom-10% school in North Carolina on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.0% against a predicted 48.5%.
Federal survey data for Forsyth County show that the median household income is $67,165, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 88 public schools in Forsyth County, enrolling about 55,902 students in all.
Nearby, Northwest Middle is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Gibson Elementary ranks 6th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 23.0% against a local average of 39.3%.
Federal data place Gibson Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 4% from 2020-21, when Gibson Elementary had 569 students, to 2024-25, when it had 589. The ratio was 14.2:1 in 2020-21 and 12.4:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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
- 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 Gibson Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Gibson Elementary. Gibson Elementary is the largest of the 6.
- Gibson Elementary SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 421 students
- GIBSON ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 387 students
- Gibson ElementaryFresno, CA · 358 students
- Gibson ElementaryWoodland, CA · 344 students
- Gibson Elementary SchoolGibson, LA · 155 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Middle0.4 mi · 702
- Forsyth Academy1.4 mi · 729
- North Forsyth Magnet High1.8 mi · 1,084
- Kingswood School1.9 mi · 9
- Old Town Elementary2.0 mi · 617
- The Special Children's School2.6 mi · 98
Frequently asked questions
About Gibson ElementaryHow many students attend Gibson Elementary?
Gibson Elementary enrolls approximately 589 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Gibson Elementary serve?
Gibson Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gibson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gibson Elementary is approximately 12.4:1 (48 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Gibson Elementary?
Gibson Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 37% Hispanic, 49% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Gibson Elementary in?
Gibson Elementary is part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.