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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000620
Mineral Springs Elementary
4527 Ogburn Avenue, Winston Salem, NC 27105 · (336) 703-6788 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
542 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
56%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
33.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
44.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Mineral Springs Elementary
Mineral Springs Elementary's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Springs Elementary this school | 545 | 99.4% | 40.6% |
| Konnoak Elementary Winston Salem | 600 | 99.5% | 41.6% |
| Pinewood Elementary Charlotte | 521 | 99.4% | 39.1% |
| Eastlawn Elementary Burlington | 528 | 99.4% | 22.3% |
| Old Town Elementary Winston Salem | 617 | 99.5% | 31.6% |
| Glenn Elementary Durham | 455 | 99.3% | 50.2% |
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 Mineral Springs Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #1,086 of 1,297 | #32 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #1,038 of 1,296 | #33 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #1,123 of 1,300 | #31 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #479 of 1,485 | #23 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #72 of 1,377 | #8 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #828 of 1,379 | #31 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #214 of 1,414 | #19 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #603 of 937 | #24 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 2024-25Enrollment
545
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 545 | 46.3 | 11.8:1 | 99% (542) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 43.4 | 12.3:1 | 99% (530) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 40.8 | 13.1:1 | 99% (531) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 99% (564) |
| 2017-18 | 603 | 45.7 | 13.2:1 | 100% (600) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 100% (617) |
| 2010-11 | 750 | 57 | 13.2:1 | 93% (700) |
| 2000-01 | 533 | 44 | 12.1:1 | 90% (480) |
| 1990-91 | 609 | 37 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mineral Springs Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (603 to 545); teachers up 1% (45.7 to 46.3).
About Mineral Springs Elementary
Mineral Springs Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 545 students in pre-K through 5.
Within Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, Mineral Springs Elementary is one of 79 schools. The district enrolls 51,745 students.
A majority of students at Mineral Springs Elementary, 58%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 31% Black, 6% White, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 15%. By the diversity index, Mineral Springs Elementary comes in at 56%.
The teaching staff at Mineral Springs Elementary is 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, higher than at this school. About 99% of students, or 542, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 11 points above the 88% average for public schools in Forsyth County.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Mineral Springs Elementary receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Mineral Springs Elementary scores 40.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.5%.
Census Bureau estimates 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. A total of 88 public schools operate in Forsyth County, serving about 55,902 students.
The nearest other public school, Mineral Springs Middle, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Mineral Springs Elementary. By average proficiency, Mineral Springs Elementary is 1st among 7 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 567 to 545 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.5 to 11.8 over 4 years.
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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
- R J Reynolds HighHigh · 1,759 students
- Parkland HighHigh · 1,569 students
- Mount Tabor High SchoolHigh · 1,426 students
- North Forsyth Magnet HighHigh · 1,084 students
- Hanes Magnet SchoolMiddle · 967 students
- Speas ElementaryElementary · 793 students
Other Mineral Springs Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Mineral Springs Elementary. Mineral Springs Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Mineral Springs ElementaryEllerbe, NC · 441 students
- MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMINERAL SPRINGS, AR · 204 students
Nearby schools
- Mineral Springs Middle0.1 mi · 702
- North Hills Elementary1.1 mi · 453
- Quality Education Academy1.7 mi · 776
- Ibraham Elementary2.0 mi · 357
- Carver High2.2 mi · 728
- Ashley Academy2.8 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Mineral Springs ElementaryHow many students attend Mineral Springs Elementary?
Mineral Springs Elementary enrolls approximately 545 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mineral Springs Elementary serve?
Mineral Springs Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mineral Springs Elementary?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Mineral Springs Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Mineral Springs Elementary?
Student demographics at Mineral Springs Elementary are roughly 6% White, 58% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Mineral Springs Elementary in?
Mineral Springs Elementary is part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.