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Enrollment
857
Middle
DISTRICT 679 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150002450
Meadowlark Middle
301 Meadowlark Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27106 · (336) 703-4228 · Forsyth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL857 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of North Carolina public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
853 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 279 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 291 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 287 | 33% |
Student demographics
63%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
64.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
65.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 19 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 Meadowlark Middle
Meadowlark Middle's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowlark Middle this school | 857 | 99.5% | 67.5% |
| Hope Middle Greenville | 952 | 99.7% | 76.5% |
| Lewisville Middle Lewisville | 888 | 99.7% | 69.3% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Winston-Salem | 808 | 99.6% | 68.7% |
| Koontz Intermediate Asheville | 725 | 99.2% | 53.6% |
| Kernodle Middle Greensboro | 707 | 98.2% | 65.6% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Meadowlark Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #70 of 463 | #3 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #86 of 461 | #3 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #68 of 463 | #3 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 857 | #77 of 478 | #4 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #299 of 456 | #13 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #225 of 456 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #73 of 472 | #10 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #32 of 300 | #3 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
857
-315 (-27%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 960
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 857 | 50.4 | 17.0:1 | 100% (853) |
| 2023-24 | 827 | 50 | 16.5:1 | 35% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 825 | 50.9 | 16.2:1 | 34% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 1,172 | 64 | 18.3:1 | 19% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 1,171 | 68.1 | 17.2:1 | 21% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 1,200 | 69 | 17.4:1 | 24% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 960 | 57 | 16.8:1 | 23% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 960 | 66 | 14.6:1 | 14% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadowlark Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (1,171 to 857); teachers down 26% (68.1 to 50.4).
About Meadowlark Middle
Meadowlark Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, under Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. It educates 857 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 42% larger than the 605 average for middle schools in North Carolina.
Meadowlark Middle is a school in Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. The district has 79 schools and 51,745 students.
White students are the majority at Meadowlark Middle, with 57% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 15% Black, 14% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That is close to the 56% White share among all Forsyth County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 50.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.0:1. That is higher than the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 100%. That is 12 points above the 88% average for public schools in Forsyth County.
Measured against North Carolina public middle schools, Meadowlark Middle receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Meadowlark Middle ranks in the top 10% in North Carolina. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.5%, against a prediction of 48.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Forsyth County show that the median household income is $67,165, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Meadowlark Middle is one of 88 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Meadowlark Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Meadowlark Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 68.6% on proficiency, and Meadowlark Middle is below that at 67.5%.
NCES describes the area around Meadowlark Middle as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 857 students in 2024-25, 315 fewer than the 1,172 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.3:1 in 2020-21 to 17.0:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Meadowlark Middle. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 ElementaryElementary · 827 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 808 students
- Quality Education AcademyCombined · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Meadowlark Elementary0.1 mi · 827
- Jefferson Elementary2.0 mi · 560
- Lewisville Middle2.3 mi · 888
- Southwest Elementary2.4 mi · 546
- South Fork Elementary2.5 mi · 503
- Thomas Jefferson Middle2.7 mi · 808
Frequently asked questions
About Meadowlark MiddleHow large is Meadowlark Middle?
Meadowlark Middle enrolls approximately 857 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Meadowlark Middle serve?
Meadowlark Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Meadowlark Middle have?
Meadowlark Middle employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Meadowlark Middle?
Student demographics at Meadowlark Middle are roughly 57% White, 14% Hispanic, 15% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Meadowlark Middle public or private?
Meadowlark Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.