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How has Old Town Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
617
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000628
Old Town Elementary
3930 Reynolda Road, Winston Salem, NC 27106 · (336) 703-4283 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest 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
13.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
614 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 | 76 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
59%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
23.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
37.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 Old Town Elementary
Old Town Elementary's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town Elementary this school | 617 | 99.5% | 31.6% |
| Konnoak Elementary Winston Salem | 600 | 99.5% | 41.6% |
| WB Wicker Elementary Sanford | 588 | 99.1% | 44.2% |
| Mineral Springs Elementary Winston Salem | 545 | 99.4% | 40.6% |
| Brogden Primary Dudley | 689 | 99.6% | 41.2% |
| Pinewood Elementary Charlotte | 521 | 99.4% | 39.1% |
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 Town Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #1,229 of 1,297 | #37 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,172 of 1,296 | #36 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #1,258 of 1,300 | #37 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 617 | #322 of 1,485 | #15 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #436 of 1,377 | #26 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #749 of 1,379 | #28 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #129 of 1,414 | #11 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #847 of 937 | #29 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
617
+21 (+4%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 934
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 617 | 44.5 | 13.9:1 | 100% (614) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 42.4 | 14.5:1 | 100% (610) |
| 2022-23 | 621 | 50.5 | 12.3:1 | 100% (618) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 42 | 14.2:1 | 99% (593) |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 48.1 | 13.2:1 | 100% (633) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 48 | 13.8:1 | 99% (656) |
| 2010-11 | 678 | 59 | 11.5:1 | 95% (644) |
| 2000-01 | 891 | 71 | 12.6:1 | 73% (653) |
| 1990-91 | 934 | 50 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Old Town Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (636 to 617); teachers down 7% (48.1 to 44.5).
About Old Town Elementary
Old Town Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 617 students. The school's enrollment is 32% bigger than the 467 average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools is made up of 79 schools with 51,745 students in all.
Hispanic students are the majority at Old Town Elementary, with 55% of enrollment. Other groups include 33% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% White, and 2% Pacific Islander. The county population is about 15% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 44.5 full-time equivalents, or about 13.9 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina have 14.9:1, compared with 13.9:1 here. About 100% of students, or 614, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Forsyth County, the average is 88%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Old Town Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Old Town Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.6%; the prediction is 48.5%.
Old Town Elementary is located in Forsyth County, where the median household income is $67,165, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Old Town Elementary is one of 88 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is The Special Children's School, about 0.7 miles away. Old Town Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Old Town Elementary ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 31.6% against a local average of 42.6%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Old Town Elementary's enrollment grew from 596 in 2020-21 to 617 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Old Town Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Old Town Elementary. Old Town Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Old Town Elementary SchoolROUND ROCK, TX · 587 students
- OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOLD TOWN, FL · 517 students
- Old Town Elementary SchoolOld Town, ME · 488 students
Nearby schools
- The Special Children's School0.7 mi · 98
- Ronald W Reagan High School1.8 mi · 2,122
- Forsyth Academy1.9 mi · 729
- Gibson Elementary2.0 mi · 589
- Northwest Middle2.4 mi · 702
- Jefferson Elementary2.8 mi · 560
Frequently asked questions
About Old Town ElementaryHow many students attend Old Town Elementary?
Old Town Elementary enrolls approximately 617 students in grades PK-05.
Is Old Town Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Old Town Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Old Town Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Old Town Elementary is approximately 13.9:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Old Town Elementary?
Old Town Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 55% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Old Town Elementary?
Old Town 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.