Smith Farm Elementary

Located at 4250 Johnny Knoll Lane, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Smith Farm Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school that serves 440 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools.

Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools runs 79 schools in total, collectively educating 51,745 students. Smith Farm Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Smith Farm Elementary logs that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% Black, 11% White, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Forsyth County's rate of about 88%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Smith Farm Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 49.9%, a residual of +1.4 points.

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. In all, Forsyth County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students), of which Smith Farm Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Sedge Garden Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Smith Farm Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 33%: 659 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 26% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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