Thomas Jefferson Middle

Thomas Jefferson Middle is one of the moderately sized junior highs in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, one of the schools within Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, with 808 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 34% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools comprises 79 schools with combined enrollment of 51,745 students; Thomas Jefferson Middle is among them.

On demographics, Thomas Jefferson Middle lists that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Black, 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Thomas Jefferson Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Forsyth County runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Thomas Jefferson Middle ranks in the top 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 48.4%; Thomas Jefferson Middle posts 68.7%, +20.2 points above that line.

In the broader community, Forsyth County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,165 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Forsyth County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students), Thomas Jefferson Middle is one campus in the mix.

Mount Tabor High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thomas Jefferson Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 65.4%.

Thomas Jefferson Middle operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas Jefferson Middle has fell 36%, going from 1,268 students in 2018 to 808 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 19% to 25% over that span.

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