Paisley Magnet School

As a mid-tier junior high in Winston Salem, North Carolina, Paisley Magnet School enrolls 553 students from grades 6 through 10, part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools.

Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools comprises 79 schools with combined enrollment of 51,745 students; Paisley Magnet School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Paisley Magnet School shows that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Hispanic, 10% White, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Forsyth County as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Paisley Magnet School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Forsyth County (around 88%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Paisley Magnet School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 36.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Forsyth County shows median household income runs about $67,165, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Paisley Magnet School is one of 88 public schools in Forsyth County (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students).

Lowrance Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Paisley Magnet School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Paisley Magnet School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 47.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 26%: 746 students in 2018 compared to 553 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 32% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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