The Special Children's School

Located at 4505 Shattalon Dr, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, The Special Children's School is a minimally staffed elementary school that teaches 98 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so The Special Children's School sits 79% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, which oversees 79 schools and 51,745 students, The Special Children's School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, The Special Children's School lists that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 35% White, 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 25% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Forsyth County's rate of about 88%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Forsyth County indicate 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. In all, Forsyth County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students), of which The Special Children's School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Old Town Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The Special Children's School.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at The Special Children's School has edged up 100%, going from 49 students in 2018 to 98 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 31% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 3.6:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 today.

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