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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000616

Konnoak Elementary

3200 Renon Road, Winston Salem, NC 27127 · (336) 703-4163 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of North Carolina public elementary schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-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

Enrollment
600
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
597 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K295%
Kindergarten10017%
Grade 19115%
Grade 210918%
Grade 38214%
Grade 49917%
Grade 59015%

This year's kindergarten class (100) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (90).

Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
407%
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 42% · US 43%
Hispanic
35559%
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 22% · US 30%
Black
18831%
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 25% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
153%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
30050%
Female
30050%

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Test scores

NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)
English Language Arts
35.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
46.9%
NC avg 52.2%

What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 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 Konnoak Elementary

Konnoak Elementary's state test result (41.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Konnoak Elementary this school60099.5%41.6%
Mineral Springs Elementary
Winston Salem
54599.4%40.6%
Old Town Elementary
Winston Salem
61799.5%31.6%
Brogden Primary
Dudley
68999.6%41.2%
Eastlawn Elementary
Burlington
52899.4%22.3%
Pinewood Elementary
Charlotte
52199.4%39.1%
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 Konnoak Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn North CarolinaIn Forsyth County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
41.6%#1,052 of 1,297#31 of 42
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
46.9%#983 of 1,296#30 of 42
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
35.3%#1,082 of 1,300#30 of 42
Enrollment
ranked largest first
600#348 of 1,485#16 of 47
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.4:1#314 of 1,377#21 of 44
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
54.7%#885 of 1,379#34 of 45
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
99.5%#146 of 1,414#12 of 44
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-7.3%#696 of 937#26 of 32
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 2024-25
Enrollment
600
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2560044.813.4:1100% (597)
2023-2459240.614.6:199% (589)
2022-2363543.214.7:1100% (632)
2020-216144713.1:1100% (611)
2017-1864748.913.2:199% (643)
2015-167225513.1:1100% (719)
2010-116175012.3:195% (585)
2000-015344013.3:174% (393)
1990-913692813.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Konnoak Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 7% (647 to 600); teachers down 8% (48.9 to 44.8).

About Konnoak Elementary

Konnoak Elementary is an elementary school in Winston Salem, North Carolina, according to federal school records. The school reports 600 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 28% larger than the 467 average for elementary schools in North Carolina.

Konnoak Elementary is part of a district of 79 schools: Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, with 51,745 students.

A majority of students at Konnoak Elementary, 59%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 31% Black, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. Forsyth County's residents are about 15% Hispanic, 44 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Konnoak Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.

Konnoak Elementary's 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.4:1. That ratio is under the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. That is 12 points above the 88% average for public schools in Forsyth County.

The allk12 Grade for Konnoak Elementary is C-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 19% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.5% at Konnoak Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.6%.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Forsyth County show that median household income is about $67,165, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Konnoak Elementary is one of 88 public schools in Forsyth County, which together enroll about 55,902 students.

Nearby, Konnoak Middle School is about 0.2 miles away. Konnoak Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 30.2% on proficiency, and Konnoak Elementary is above that at 41.6%.

By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment in 2024-25 was 600, close to the 614 recorded in 2020-21.

Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.

Forsyth County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Konnoak Elementary
District
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools
Address
3200 Renon Road, Winston Salem, NC 27127
Phone
(336) 703-4163
County
Forsyth County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
600
Teachers (FTE)
45
Student–teacher ratio
13.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
597 (100%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
370150000616
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Konnoak Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Konnoak Elementary?
Konnoak Elementary enrolls approximately 600 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Konnoak Elementary serve?
Konnoak Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Konnoak Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Konnoak Elementary is approximately 13.4:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Konnoak Elementary?
Student demographics at Konnoak Elementary are roughly 7% White, 59% Hispanic, 31% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Konnoak Elementary in?
Konnoak Elementary is part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools.
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