Kernersville Middle

Kernersville Middle is one of the reasonably sized 6-8 campuss in Kernersville, North Carolina, overseen by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, with 754 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 25% above the state mean of about 605.

Within Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, which oversees 79 schools and 51,745 students, Kernersville Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Kernersville Middle shows that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Kernersville Middle has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Kernersville Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Forsyth County runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Kernersville Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Forsyth County shows median household earnings sit near $67,165, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Kernersville Middle is one of 88 public schools in Forsyth County (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kernersville Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kernersville Middle comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kernersville Middle has grew 15%, going from 656 students in 2018 to 754 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 58% to 51%.

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