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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150002091
North Hills Elementary
340 Alspaugh Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27105 · (336) 703-4176 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
450 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
57%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
17.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
24.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 North Hills Elementary
North Hills Elementary's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Hills Elementary this school | 453 | 99.3% | 20.9% |
| Highland Renaissance Academy Charlotte | 443 | 99.3% | 45.0% |
| KIPP Durham College Preparatory Durham | 380 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Oak Grove Elementary Durham | 395 | 99.2% | 61.4% |
| Merrick-Moore Elementary Durham | 445 | 99.3% | 50.0% |
| Diggs-Latham Elementary Winston Salem | 385 | 99.2% | 49.8% |
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 North Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #1,293 of 1,297 | #42 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #1,279 of 1,296 | #41 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #1,293 of 1,300 | #42 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #738 of 1,485 | #33 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #639 of 1,377 | #31 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #803 of 1,379 | #29 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #351 of 1,414 | #27 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #462 of 937 | #19 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
453
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-22% since 2000-01, when it was 581
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 453 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 99% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 32.2 | 13.6:1 | 99% (435) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 35.2 | 14.1:1 | 99% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 99% (439) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 35.3 | 14.9:1 | 99% (519) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 99% (510) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 37 | 10.4:1 | 98% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 581 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 99% (578) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (524 to 453); teachers down 12% (35.3 to 31).
About North Hills Elementary
North Hills Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 453 students.
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, which runs North Hills Elementary, has 79 schools and 51,745 students.
The most common group at North Hills Elementary is Black students, at 46%. Enrollment also includes 46% Hispanic, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 21 points above the 25% share among Forsyth County residents. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. That is close to the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 99%. Compared with the 88% average for public schools in Forsyth County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for North Hills Elementary is F. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 0% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
North Hills Elementary scores 27.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 20.9% actual versus 48.5% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Forsyth County, the median household income is $67,165, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 88 public schools in Forsyth County, enrolling about 55,902 students in all.
Mineral Springs Middle is the closest public school, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of North Hills Elementary. By average proficiency, North Hills Elementary is 5th among 6 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
In 2020-21, North Hills Elementary enrolled 442; in 2024-25, 453.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for North Hills Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 MiddleMiddle · 857 students
- Meadowlark ElementaryElementary · 827 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 808 students
Other North Hills Elementary schools
One other US public school is named North Hills Elementary. North Hills Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- North Hills Elementary SchoolYork, PA · 675 students
Nearby schools
- Mineral Springs Middle1.1 mi · 702
- Mineral Springs Elementary1.1 mi · 545
- Kimberley Park Elementary2.3 mi · 332
- North Forsyth Magnet High2.4 mi · 1,084
- Paisley Magnet School2.6 mi · 553
- Lowrance Middle2.6 mi · 129
Frequently asked questions
About North Hills ElementaryHow many students attend North Hills Elementary?
North Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does North Hills Elementary serve?
North Hills Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at North Hills Elementary?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at North Hills Elementary.
How diverse is North Hills Elementary?
North Hills Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 46% Hispanic, 46% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is North Hills Elementary in?
North Hills 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.