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What's something Mount Tabor High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,426
High
DISTRICT 1,002 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000623
Mount Tabor High School
342 Petree Road, Winston Salem, NC 27106 · (336) 703-6700 · Forsyth County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,426 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of North Carolina public high schools
- CTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,423 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 397 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 351 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 361 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 317 | 22% |
Student demographics
70%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
51.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
20.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 Mount Tabor High School
Mount Tabor High School's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tabor High School this school | 1,426 | 99.8% | 38.6% |
| R J Reynolds High Winston Salem | 1,759 | 99.4% | 37.7% |
| James Hunt High Wilson | 1,115 | 98.7% | 32.1% |
| New Hanover High Wilmington | 1,437 | 98.5% | 30.9% |
| Franklinton High Franklinton | 1,127 | 99.4% | 48.4% |
| Walter M Williams High Burlington | 1,206 | 99.8% | 34.9% |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Mount Tabor High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #320 of 468 | #4 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #381 of 464 | #6 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #278 of 448 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,426 | #101 of 598 | #6 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #183 of 473 | #9 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #60 of 474 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #25 of 527 | #3 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #129 of 277 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,426
+25 (+2%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,297
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 1,426 | 81 | 17.6:1 | 100% (1,423) |
| 2023-24 | 1,393 | 78.8 | 17.7:1 | 100% (1,390) |
| 2022-23 | 1,431 | 81.1 | 17.6:1 | 59% (849) |
| 2020-21 | 1,401 | 79 | 17.7:1 | 37% (517) |
| 2017-18 | 1,580 | 84.2 | 18.8:1 | 45% (705) |
| 2015-16 | 1,544 | 84 | 18.4:1 | 42% (648) |
| 2010-11 | 1,651 | 95 | 17.4:1 | 34% (562) |
| 2000-01 | 1,651 | 88 | 18.8:1 | 11% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 1,297 | 67 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Tabor High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,580 to 1,426); teachers down 4% (84.2 to 81).
About Mount Tabor High School
Families in Winston Salem, North Carolina, are served by Mount Tabor High School, a large high school. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,426 students. That is 87% above the average of about 761 students for high schools in North Carolina.
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools serves 51,745 students across 79 schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Mount Tabor High School is Black, with 39% of students. The remaining shares are 29% White, 25% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Forsyth County as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mount Tabor High School scores 70%.
The school's 81 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. High schools in North Carolina average 19.6:1, 1.9 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Forsyth County average 88%.
Among North Carolina public high schools, Mount Tabor High School outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.4% at Mount Tabor High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.6%.
Looking at the county, Forsyth County, the median household earns about $67,165 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Forsyth County has 88 public schools with about 55,902 students, including Mount Tabor High School.
Mount Tabor High School is about 0.8 miles from Thomas Jefferson Middle, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Mount Tabor High School is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
Mount Tabor High School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Federal data show 1,401 students in 2020-21 and 1,426 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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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
- Robert B Glenn High SchoolHigh · 1,396 students
Other schools in Winston Salem
- R J Reynolds HighHigh · 1,759 students
- Parkland HighHigh · 1,569 students
- North Forsyth Magnet HighHigh · 1,084 students
- Hanes Magnet SchoolMiddle · 967 students
- Speas ElementaryElementary · 793 students
- Wiley Magnet MiddleMiddle · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Jefferson Middle0.8 mi · 808
- Speas Elementary1.0 mi · 793
- Sherwood Forest Elementary1.4 mi · 670
- Jefferson Elementary1.9 mi · 560
- Childrens Center2.0 mi · 83
- Whitaker Elementary2.0 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Tabor High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mount Tabor High School?
Mount Tabor High School enrolls approximately 1,426 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Mount Tabor High School serve?
Mount Tabor High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mount Tabor High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mount Tabor High School is approximately 17.6:1 (81 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mount Tabor High School?
At Mount Tabor High School, the student body is approximately 29% White, 25% Hispanic, 39% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Mount Tabor High School public or private?
Mount Tabor High School 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.