Speas Elementary

Speas Elementary, a well-populated K-5 school in Winston Salem, North Carolina, overseen by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, hosts 793 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 70% larger than the state mean of about 467.

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

Demographically, Speas Elementary lists that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 33% Black, 25% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Forsyth County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Forsyth County's rate of about 88%.

With demographic context factored in, Speas Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Forsyth County) logs that median household earnings sit near $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. Across Forsyth County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students), Speas Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Mount Tabor High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Speas Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 59.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 19%: 667 students in 2018 compared to 793 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 48% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.