Hall-Woodward Elementary

Hall-Woodward Elementary, a reasonably sized K-5 school in Winston Salem, North Carolina, one of the schools within Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, caters to 532 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools runs 79 schools in total, collectively educating 51,745 students. Hall-Woodward Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hall-Woodward Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 26% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Hall-Woodward Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Forsyth County runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Hall-Woodward Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Forsyth County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,165 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Forsyth County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students), Hall-Woodward Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Smith Farm Elementary, roughly 1.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hall-Woodward Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 21%: 676 students in 2018 compared to 532 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 71% to 67%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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