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Alumni: what's one memory from Old Richmond Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000627
Old Richmond Elementary
6315 Tobaccoville Road, Tobaccoville, NC 27050 · (336) 703-4287 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
405 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 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
64%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
58.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
76.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 21 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 Old Richmond Elementary
Old Richmond Elementary's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Richmond Elementary this school | 408 | 99.3% | 69.2% |
| Gray's Creek Elementary Hope Mills | 428 | 99.3% | 71.1% |
| Bladenboro Primary Bladenboro | 448 | 99.3% | 42.6% |
| Brinson Memorial Elementary New Bern | 446 | 97.5% | 57.9% |
| Eastover-Central Elementary Eastover | 401 | 99.3% | 75.7% |
| Leaksville-Spray Elementary Eden | 400 | 96.3% | 52.8% |
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 Old Richmond Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #252 of 1,297 | #13 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #173 of 1,296 | #9 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #362 of 1,300 | #14 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #874 of 1,485 | #37 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #522 of 1,377 | #28 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #545 of 1,379 | #21 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #435 of 1,414 | #30 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #428 of 937 | #17 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
408
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 761
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 408 | 28.7 | 14.2:1 | 99% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 28.3 | 14.5:1 | 99% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 30.3 | 13.4:1 | 59% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 40% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 48% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 29 | 16.5:1 | 51% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 34 | 14.5:1 | 50% (247) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 48 | 11.7:1 | 40% (223) |
| 1990-91 | 761 | 37 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Old Richmond Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (477 to 408); teachers down 10% (32 to 28.7).
About Old Richmond Elementary
The public elementary school Old Richmond Elementary is located in Tobaccoville, North Carolina. It teaches 408 students in pre-K through 5.
Old Richmond Elementary is one school in a 79-school district, Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, which enrolls 51,745 students.
White students are 53% of those enrolled at Old Richmond Elementary. The remaining shares are 22% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That is in line with Forsyth County, where about 56% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. It is about the same as the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 99%. That is 11 points above the 88% average for public schools in Forsyth County.
Old Richmond Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 88% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Old Richmond Elementary is among the top 10% of schools in North Carolina. Predicted: 48.5%. Actual: 69.2%.
The school's county is Forsyth County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $67,165 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Forsyth County number 88, with about 55,902 students.
About 2.8 miles separate Old Richmond Elementary from the closest public school, Ronald W Reagan High School. Within five miles are 6 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Old Richmond Elementary places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for Old Richmond Elementary is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 408, starting from 414. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.3:1 to 14.2:1 over the same 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
Nearby schools
- Ronald W Reagan High School2.8 mi · 2,122
- Old Town Elementary4.2 mi · 617
- Vienna Elementary4.4 mi · 755
- Gibson Elementary4.5 mi · 589
- Northwest Middle4.6 mi · 702
- The Special Children's School4.7 mi · 98
Frequently asked questions
About Old Richmond ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Old Richmond Elementary?
Old Richmond Elementary enrolls approximately 408 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Old Richmond Elementary serve?
Old Richmond Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Old Richmond Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Old Richmond Elementary is approximately 14.2:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Old Richmond Elementary?
At Old Richmond Elementary, the student body is approximately 53% White, 16% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Old Richmond Elementary public or private?
Old Richmond Elementary 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.