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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000622
Moore Magnet Elementary
451 Knollwood Street, Winston Salem, NC 27103 · (336) 727-2860 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% 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.
- B-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
13.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
447 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 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
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
43.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
51.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Moore Magnet Elementary
Moore Magnet Elementary's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Magnet Elementary this school | 450 | 99.3% | 49.7% |
| Mary McArthur Elementary Fayetteville | 447 | 97.8% | 52.2% |
| Morehead Elementary Greensboro | 509 | 99.4% | 55.4% |
| Morganton Road Elementary Fayetteville | 491 | 99.4% | 43.4% |
| Loyd E Auman Elementary Fayetteville | 495 | 99.2% | 47.9% |
| Monroe Avenue Elementary Hamlet | 411 | 96.4% | 38.5% |
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 Moore Magnet Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #821 of 1,297 | #23 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #852 of 1,296 | #25 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #821 of 1,300 | #20 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #750 of 1,485 | #35 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #303 of 1,377 | #20 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #578 of 1,379 | #22 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #356 of 1,414 | #28 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #330 of 937 | #13 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
450
-71 (-14%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 450 | 33.8 | 13.3:1 | 99% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 31.9 | 13.1:1 | 99% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 32 | 12.9:1 | 99% (411) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 98% (512) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 38.8 | 14.2:1 | 99% (546) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 38 | 16.7:1 | 64% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 53% (330) |
| 2000-01 | 600 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 29% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 574 | 33 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moore Magnet Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (549 to 450); teachers down 13% (38.8 to 33.8).
About Moore Magnet Elementary
In Winston Salem, North Carolina, part of Forsyth County, Moore Magnet Elementary is an elementary school. It serves 450 students in pre-K through 5.
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, which runs Moore Magnet Elementary, has 79 schools and 51,745 students.
At Moore Magnet Elementary, Black students make up 55% of the student body. The next largest groups are 21% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's Black share is 30 points above the 25% share among 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 ratio of students to teachers is 13.3:1, with 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.6 students per teacher below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. Compared with the 88% average for public schools in Forsyth County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Moore Magnet 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.
Moore Magnet Elementary scores 49.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.5%.
Federal survey data for Forsyth County show that the median household income is $67,165, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 88 public schools in Forsyth County, enrolling about 55,902 students in all.
The closest public school, Bolton Elementary, is about 1.0 miles from Moore Magnet Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Moore Magnet Elementary is 4th among 7 schools close by.
Moore Magnet Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 450, a 14% decrease from 521 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.3 students per teacher, compared with 18.0 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Moore Magnet Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Moore Magnet Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Moore Magnet Elementary. Moore Magnet Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Moore Magnet ElementaryClarksville, TN · 456 students
Nearby schools
- Bolton Elementary1.0 mi · 380
- Brunson Elementary1.2 mi · 355
- Wiley Magnet Middle1.3 mi · 754
- Whitaker Elementary1.3 mi · 490
- Early College of Forsyth Co1.5 mi · 306
- R J Reynolds High1.5 mi · 1,759
Frequently asked questions
About Moore Magnet ElementaryHow many students attend Moore Magnet Elementary?
Moore Magnet Elementary enrolls approximately 450 students in grades PK-05.
Is Moore Magnet Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Moore Magnet Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Moore Magnet Elementary?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Moore Magnet Elementary.
How diverse is Moore Magnet Elementary?
Moore Magnet Elementary reports a student body of 21% White, 14% Hispanic, 55% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Moore Magnet Elementary?
Moore Magnet Elementary is overseen by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools in Forsyth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.