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How has Piney Grove Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
635
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150002262
Piney Grove Elementary
1500 Piney Grove Road, Kernersville, NC 27284 · (336) 703-4122 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL635 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
14.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
632 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 | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
49%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
73.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
82.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% 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 30 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 Piney Grove Elementary
Piney Grove Elementary's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Grove Elementary this school | 635 | 99.5% | 78.7% |
| Virginia Williamson Elem Bolivia | 610 | 99.5% | 58.6% |
| Union Elementary Shallotte | 654 | 99.5% | 71.7% |
| Southwood Elementary Lexington | 616 | 99.5% | 63.9% |
| Locust Elementary Locust | 563 | 99.5% | 75.2% |
| Welcome Elementary Lexington | 638 | 99.5% | 51.7% |
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 Piney Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #92 of 1,297 | #5 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.1% | #92 of 1,296 | #5 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #92 of 1,300 | #6 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 635 | #291 of 1,485 | #12 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #688 of 1,377 | #32 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #1,006 of 1,379 | #38 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #113 of 1,414 | #8 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #317 of 369 | #9 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
635
+24 (+4%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 702
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 635 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 100% (632) |
| 2023-24 | 625 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 100% (622) |
| 2022-23 | 605 | 40.5 | 14.9:1 | 41% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 28% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 619 | 41.4 | 14.9:1 | 28% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 606 | 36 | 16.8:1 | 29% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 741 | 47 | 15.8:1 | 26% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 803 | 65 | 12.3:1 | 20% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 702 | 38 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Piney Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (619 to 635); teachers up 4% (41.4 to 43).
About Piney Grove Elementary
Kernersville, North Carolina, is home to Piney Grove Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 635 students. The school's enrollment is 36% larger than the 467 average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Piney Grove Elementary is one school in Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, a system of 79 schools with 51,745 students.
By race and ethnicity, Piney Grove Elementary is 69% White. It is also 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Forsyth County is roughly 56% White. Piney Grove Elementary has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 43 full-time equivalents, or about 14.8 students per teacher. Elementary schools in North Carolina have a similar average ratio of 14.9:1. About 100% of students, or 632, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Forsyth County, the average is 88%.
The allk12 Grade for Piney Grove Elementary is A+. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 98% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After accounting for student poverty, Piney Grove Elementary is in the top 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 78.7% is 30.3 points above the 48.5% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Forsyth County has these Census figures: median household income is about $67,165, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Piney Grove Elementary is among the 88 public schools in Forsyth County.
Kernersville Middle is located about 1.9 miles from Piney Grove Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 6. The nearest schools with test data average 53.2%, lower than Piney Grove Elementary's 78.7%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 611 to 635. Students per teacher fell from 16.1 in 2020-21 to 14.8 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Piney Grove Elementary covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Kernersville
- East Forsyth HighHigh · 1,647 students
- Robert B Glenn High SchoolHigh · 1,396 students
- NC Leadership Charter AcademyCombined · 1,209 students
- East Forsyth Middle SchoolMiddle · 772 students
- Kernersville MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Southeast MiddleMiddle · 733 students
Other Piney Grove Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Piney Grove Elementary. Piney Grove Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Piney Grove ElementaryLumberton, NC · 452 students
- Piney Grove ElementaryCharlotte, NC · 441 students
Nearby schools
- Kernersville Middle1.9 mi · 754
- Kernersville Elementary2.7 mi · 568
- Oak Ridge Elementary3.5 mi · 712
- Cash Elementary4.1 mi · 520
- Colfax Elementary4.4 mi · 587
- East Forsyth Middle School4.5 mi · 772
Frequently asked questions
About Piney Grove ElementaryHow many students attend Piney Grove Elementary?
Piney Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 635 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Piney Grove Elementary serve?
Piney Grove Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Piney Grove Elementary?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Piney Grove Elementary.
How diverse is Piney Grove Elementary?
Piney Grove Elementary reports a student body of 69% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Piney Grove Elementary?
Piney Grove 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.