Kimberley Park Elementary

As a cozy elementary campus in Winston Salem, North Carolina, Kimberley Park Elementary teaches 332 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Kimberley Park Elementary sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Kimberley Park Elementary lists that Black students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder comes out to 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Forsyth County as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Kimberley Park Elementary logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Kimberley Park Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Kimberley Park Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Forsyth County's rate of about 88%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kimberley Park Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Forsyth County) records that the typical household earns roughly $67,165 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Forsyth County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students), Kimberley Park Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Paisley Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kimberley Park Elementary comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.0%.

Kimberley Park Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 29%: 258 students in 2018 compared to 332 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.