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Does Speas Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
793
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000642
Speas Elementary
2000 W Polo Road, Winston Salem, NC 27106 · (336) 703-4135 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL793 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest 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
15.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
790 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 132 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (133).
Student demographics
70%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
53.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
61.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 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 Speas Elementary
Speas Elementary's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speas Elementary this school | 793 | 99.6% | 59.3% |
| East Iredell Elementary Statesville | 663 | 99.5% | 38.3% |
| Rocky River Elementary Concord | 652 | 99.5% | 58.5% |
| Wolf Meadow Elementary Concord | 655 | 99.5% | 31.8% |
| Winecoff Elementary Concord | 740 | 99.6% | 42.3% |
| Thomasville Primary Thomasville | 753 | 99.5% | 38.1% |
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 Speas Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #524 of 1,297 | #15 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #585 of 1,296 | #16 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #502 of 1,300 | #16 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 793 | #86 of 1,485 | #3 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #869 of 1,377 | #41 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #194 of 1,379 | #5 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #28 of 1,414 | #3 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.9% | #100 of 369 | #3 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
793
+13 (+2%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 793 | 51.5 | 15.4:1 | 100% (790) |
| 2023-24 | 770 | 49.5 | 15.6:1 | 100% (767) |
| 2022-23 | 767 | 50 | 15.3:1 | 100% (764) |
| 2020-21 | 780 | 43 | 18.1:1 | 100% (777) |
| 2017-18 | 667 | 46.9 | 14.2:1 | 100% (664) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 99% (517) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 88% (334) |
| 2000-01 | 361 | 45 | 8.0:1 | 63% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 628 | 34 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Speas Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (667 to 793); teachers up 10% (46.9 to 51.5).
About Speas Elementary
Speas Elementary is a large elementary school for students in Winston Salem, North Carolina. It reports enrollment of 793 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average enrollment is about 467.
Across its 79 schools, Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools enrolls 51,745 students. Speas Elementary is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up 36% of enrollment at Speas Elementary, the largest share of any group. Next come 33% Black, 25% White, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 15% Hispanic among all Forsyth County residents. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at Speas Elementary are from different groups.
On staff are 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 14.9:1. About 100% of students at Speas Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 88% for public schools in Forsyth County.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Speas Elementary outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Speas Elementary is 10.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (59.3% versus 48.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
In Forsyth County, median household income comes to about $67,165, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Across Forsyth County, 88 public schools serve about 55,902 students.
Speas Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Mount Tabor High School, about 1.0 miles away. The five-mile area around Speas Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Speas Elementary's average proficiency of 59.3% compares with 59.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 780 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 793. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.1:1 to 15.4:1.
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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 Winston Salem
- R J Reynolds HighHigh · 1,759 students
- Parkland HighHigh · 1,569 students
- Mount Tabor High SchoolHigh · 1,426 students
- North Forsyth Magnet HighHigh · 1,084 students
- Hanes Magnet SchoolMiddle · 967 students
- Wiley Magnet MiddleMiddle · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Tabor High School1.0 mi · 1,426
- Childrens Center1.3 mi · 83
- Thomas Jefferson Middle1.7 mi · 808
- Whitaker Elementary1.7 mi · 490
- Sherwood Forest Elementary1.8 mi · 670
- Lowrance Middle2.4 mi · 129
Frequently asked questions
About Speas ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Speas Elementary?
Speas Elementary enrolls approximately 793 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Speas Elementary serve?
Speas Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Speas Elementary have?
Speas Elementary employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Speas Elementary?
Student demographics at Speas Elementary are roughly 25% White, 36% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Speas Elementary?
Speas 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.