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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150002451
Petree Elementary
3815 Old Greensboro Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 · (336) 703-4141 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% 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
13.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
516 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 | 66 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
56%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
22.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
29.7%
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 30 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
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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 Petree Elementary
Petree Elementary's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petree Elementary this school | 519 | 99.4% | 25.4% |
| Gibson Elementary Winston-Salem | 589 | 99.5% | 23.0% |
| Walnut Creek Elementary Raleigh | 574 | 99.5% | 32.7% |
| Bethesda Elementary Durham | 442 | 99.3% | 42.1% |
| Creech Road Elementary Garner | 549 | 99.5% | 49.8% |
| Eno Valley Elementary Durham | 440 | 99.3% | 40.1% |
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 Petree Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #1,279 of 1,297 | #40 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #1,259 of 1,296 | #39 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #1,261 of 1,300 | #38 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #564 of 1,485 | #27 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #398 of 1,377 | #24 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #833 of 1,379 | #32 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #256 of 1,414 | #23 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #208 of 369 | #5 of 12 |
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
519
+157 (+43%) vs 2020
+28% since 2000-01, when it was 405
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 519 | 37.8 | 13.7:1 | 99% (516) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 35 | 13.6:1 | 99% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 36.7 | 12.1:1 | 99% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 30 | 12.1:1 | 99% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 32.6 | 14.7:1 | 98% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 32 | 13.4:1 | 99% (425) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 37 | 10.7:1 | 99% (392) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 22 | 18.4:1 | 99% (402) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Petree Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (480 to 519); teachers up 16% (32.6 to 37.8).
About Petree Elementary
Petree Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Federal data show 519 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Federal data list 79 schools in Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, with 51,745 students enrolled.
At Petree Elementary, 53% of students are Black. The school is also 40% Hispanic, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 25% Black share among all Forsyth County residents. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Petree Elementary are from different groups.
There are about 13.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Petree Elementary, which has 37.8. The school's 13.7:1 compares with an average of 14.9:1 for elementary schools in North Carolina. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 99%. The 88% average for public schools in Forsyth County is 11 points lower.
Petree Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 1% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Petree Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.4%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in North Carolina are predicted to post 48.5%, so the school is 23.1 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
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 the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Petree Elementary shares Forsyth County with 87 other public schools.
Petree Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Atkins Academic & Tech High, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 25.4% is below the 35.7% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data put enrollment at 362 in 2020-21 and 519 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. The school's ratio increased from 12.1:1 to 13.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
People who know Petree Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Nearby schools
- Atkins Academic & Tech High0.3 mi · 1,187
- Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad1.7 mi · 369
- Ashley Academy1.7 mi · 348
- Carver High1.7 mi · 728
- East Forsyth High2.3 mi · 1,647
- Appalachian Academy at Middle Fork2.3 mi · 295
Frequently asked questions
About Petree ElementaryHow many students attend Petree Elementary?
Petree Elementary enrolls approximately 519 students in grades PK-05.
Is Petree Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Petree Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Petree Elementary have?
Petree Elementary employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is Petree Elementary?
Petree Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 40% Hispanic, 53% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Petree Elementary public or private?
Petree 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.