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Enrollment
560
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000611
Jefferson Elementary
4000 Jefferson School Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27106 · (336) 703-4215 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
13.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
557 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
69%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
70.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
77.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary's state test result (75.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 560 | 99.5% | 75.9% |
| John Van Lindley Elementary Greensboro | 521 | 99.4% | 64.8% |
| Lyons Farm Elementary Durham | 608 | 99.5% | 69.5% |
| Jesse Wharton Elem Greensboro | 521 | 99.4% | 71.8% |
| Manning Elementary School Roanoke Rapids | 630 | 99.5% | 55.3% |
| Vanstory Hills Elementary Fayetteville | 514 | 99.4% | 68.7% |
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 Jefferson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #127 of 1,297 | #8 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #158 of 1,296 | #8 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #128 of 1,300 | #10 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #434 of 1,485 | #20 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #404 of 1,377 | #25 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #244 of 1,379 | #9 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #189 of 1,414 | #16 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #358 of 369 | #12 of 12 |
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
560
+32 (+6%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 560 | 40.8 | 13.7:1 | 99% (557) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 40.8 | 14.2:1 | 99% (576) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 40.6 | 13.6:1 | 42% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 27% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 38.5 | 14.4:1 | 32% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 31% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 668 | 47 | 14.2:1 | 21% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 735 | 63 | 11.7:1 | 16% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 32 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (556 to 560); teachers up 6% (38.5 to 40.8).
About Jefferson Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Jefferson Elementary is part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. The school had 560 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Within Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, Jefferson Elementary is one of 79 schools. The district enrolls 51,745 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Jefferson Elementary, at 46%. The rest of enrollment is 26% Black, 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among all residents of Forsyth County, the White share is about 56%. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Jefferson Elementary is 40.8 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.7:1. That is lower than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The school counts 557 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 99%. Across public schools in Forsyth County, the average is 88%.
allk12 grades Jefferson Elementary an A+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Jefferson Elementary is +27.4 points, in the top 10% of North Carolina. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.9%, and the predicted rate is 48.5%.
Forsyth County has these Census figures: the median household income is $67,165, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Forsyth County is home to 88 public schools and about 55,902 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Thomas Jefferson Middle is the closest, at about 1.7 miles. Jefferson Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Jefferson Elementary comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Jefferson Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Jefferson Elementary climbed 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 528 to 560 students.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Jefferson Elementary. 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 Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 16th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson ElementaryGreensboro, NC · 698 students
- Jefferson ElementaryShelby, NC · 439 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 886 students
- Jefferson ElementaryLennox, CA · 716 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Jefferson Middle1.7 mi · 808
- Meadowlark Elementary1.9 mi · 827
- Mount Tabor High School1.9 mi · 1,426
- Meadowlark Middle2.0 mi · 857
- The Special Children's School2.1 mi · 98
- Sherwood Forest Elementary2.5 mi · 670
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryHow large is Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 560 students in grades PK-05.
Is Jefferson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Jefferson Elementary have?
Jefferson Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Elementary?
Student demographics at Jefferson Elementary are roughly 46% White, 14% Hispanic, 26% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary is overseen by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools in Forsyth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.