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What's something Sedge Garden Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
714
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000636
Sedge Garden Elementary
475 Sedge Garden Road, Kernersville, NC 27284 · (336) 771-4545 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL714 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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
14.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
711 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 | 26 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
68%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
63.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
75.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
69.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% 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 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 Sedge Garden Elementary
Sedge Garden Elementary's state test result (69.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedge Garden Elementary this school | 714 | 99.6% | 69.3% |
| Carr Elementary Dallas | 665 | 99.5% | 46.9% |
| Riverwood Elementary Clayton | 728 | 99.6% | 76.8% |
| Caleb's Creek Elementary Kernersville | 642 | 99.5% | 58.9% |
| Elon Elementary Elon | 689 | 99.6% | 57.1% |
| W M Irvin Elementary Concord | 760 | 99.6% | 47.9% |
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 Sedge Garden Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #251 of 1,297 | #12 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #207 of 1,296 | #12 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #250 of 1,300 | #11 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 714 | #164 of 1,485 | #8 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #556 of 1,377 | #30 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #288 of 1,379 | #11 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #60 of 1,414 | #6 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.6% | #161 of 369 | #4 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
714
-26 (-4%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 781
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 714 | 49.9 | 14.3:1 | 100% (711) |
| 2023-24 | 734 | 51.5 | 14.3:1 | 100% (731) |
| 2022-23 | 734 | 51.1 | 14.4:1 | 58% (427) |
| 2020-21 | 740 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 36% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 45.9 | 13.8:1 | 53% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 49% (303) |
| 2010-11 | 892 | 57 | 15.7:1 | 45% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 809 | 60 | 13.5:1 | 36% (295) |
| 1990-91 | 781 | 41 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sedge Garden Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (634 to 714); teachers up 9% (45.9 to 49.9).
About Sedge Garden Elementary
Sedge Garden Elementary is an elementary school in Kernersville, North Carolina, and it is part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. The school had 714 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467, so this school runs 53% above that.
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools counts 79 schools and 51,745 students, including Sedge Garden Elementary.
Enrollment at Sedge Garden Elementary is mixed, with White students the largest group at 46%. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 22% Black, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 56% White among all Forsyth County residents. By the diversity index, Sedge Garden Elementary comes in at 68%.
Teachers at Sedge Garden Elementary total 49.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.3:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have a similar average ratio of 14.9:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 100%. The average for public schools in Forsyth County is 88%.
allk12 grades Sedge Garden Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Sedge Garden Elementary is +20.9 points, in the top 10% of North Carolina. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 69.3%, and the predicted rate is 48.4%.
Across Forsyth County, median household income is about $67,165, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Forsyth County number 88 and enroll about 55,902.
Smith Farm Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Sedge Garden Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Sedge Garden Elementary is City: Large.
Sedge Garden Elementary had 740 students in 2020-21 and 714 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.3:1.
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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
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
Nearby schools
- Smith Farm Elementary1.0 mi · 440
- East Forsyth High1.6 mi · 1,647
- Robert B Glenn High School2.3 mi · 1,396
- Hall-Woodward Elementary2.4 mi · 532
- East Forsyth Middle School2.6 mi · 772
- Southeast Middle2.9 mi · 733
Frequently asked questions
About Sedge Garden ElementaryHow many students attend Sedge Garden Elementary?
Sedge Garden Elementary enrolls approximately 714 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sedge Garden Elementary serve?
Sedge Garden Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sedge Garden Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sedge Garden Elementary is approximately 14.3:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sedge Garden Elementary?
At Sedge Garden Elementary, the student body is approximately 46% White, 22% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Sedge Garden Elementary in?
Sedge Garden Elementary is part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools.
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