Ibraham Elementary

Ibraham Elementary is a K-5 school of cozy scale in Winston Salem, North Carolina, operated by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, teacheing 357 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% smaller than the state mean of about 467.

Ibraham Elementary is one of 79 schools operated by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, a district that teaches 51,745 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ibraham Elementary lists that 43% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 38% Hispanic, 13% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ibraham Elementary reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Ibraham Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Forsyth County's rate of about 88%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ibraham Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Forsyth County) logs that median household earnings sit near $67,165, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Forsyth County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students), of which Ibraham Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Quality Education Academy, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ibraham Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ibraham Elementary has declined 36%, going from 554 students in 2018 to 357 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 28% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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