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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000643
Union Cross Traditional Acad
4300 High Point Road, Kernersville, NC 27284 · (336) 703-4233 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
546 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 | 53 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
71%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
46.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
54.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 Union Cross Traditional Acad
Union Cross Traditional Acad's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Cross Traditional Acad this school | 549 | 99.5% | 53.4% |
| Rocky River Elementary Monroe | 536 | 99.4% | 63.6% |
| Viewmont Elementary Hickory | 509 | 99.4% | 38.5% |
| The International School at Gregory Wilmington | 514 | 99.4% | 61.7% |
| Creekside Elementary Durham | 554 | 99.5% | 40.2% |
| Hope Valley Elementary Durham | 539 | 99.4% | 44.8% |
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 Union Cross Traditional Acad ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #719 of 1,297 | #18 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #782 of 1,296 | #20 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #753 of 1,300 | #18 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #466 of 1,485 | #21 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #355 of 1,377 | #23 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #123 of 1,379 | #3 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #206 of 1,414 | #17 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #787 of 937 | #27 of 32 |
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
549
+78 (+17%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 549 | 40.5 | 13.6:1 | 99% (546) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 37.5 | 14.1:1 | 99% (524) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 36.4 | 13.6:1 | 99% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 52% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 42.6 | 13.6:1 | 59% (342) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 56% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 863 | 50 | 17.3:1 | 40% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 904 | 50 | 18.1:1 | 29% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 36 | 10.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union Cross Traditional Acad.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (578 to 549); teachers down 5% (42.6 to 40.5).
About Union Cross Traditional Acad
This page covers Union Cross Traditional Acad, a medium-sized elementary school in Kernersville, North Carolina. The school enrolls 549 students, from pre-K through 5.
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools includes 79 schools. Together they enroll 51,745 students.
Union Cross Traditional Acad has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 36%. Beyond that, enrollment is 31% White, 23% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Forsyth County overall, about 15% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 40.5 full-time equivalents, or about 13.6 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina have 14.9:1, compared with 13.6:1 here. About 99% of students, or 546, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Forsyth County report 88%.
allk12 grades Union Cross Traditional Acad a B-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Union Cross Traditional Acad is 5.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (53.4% versus 48.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Forsyth County has about 389,977 residents, and the median household income is $67,165, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Union Cross Traditional Acad, Forsyth County has 87 other public schools.
Nearby, NC Leadership Charter Academy is about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Union Cross Traditional Acad, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 48.6%; Union Cross Traditional Acad's is 53.4%, ranking 4th of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment at Union Cross Traditional Acad grew 17% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 471 to 549 students.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Union Cross Traditional Acad. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Kernersville
- East Forsyth HighHigh · 1,647 students
- Robert B Glenn High SchoolHigh · 1,396 students
- NC Leadership Charter AcademyCombined · 1,209 students
- East Forsyth Middle SchoolMiddle · 772 students
- Kernersville MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Southeast MiddleMiddle · 733 students
Nearby schools
- NC Leadership Charter Academy0.3 mi · 1,209
- Robert B Glenn High School1.5 mi · 1,396
- Caleb's Creek Elementary2.7 mi · 642
- Smith Farm Elementary2.7 mi · 440
- Southeast Middle2.8 mi · 733
- Wallburg Elementary3.0 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About Union Cross Traditional AcadHow large is Union Cross Traditional Acad?
Union Cross Traditional Acad enrolls approximately 549 students in grades PK-05.
Is Union Cross Traditional Acad an elementary, middle, or high school?
Union Cross Traditional Acad is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Union Cross Traditional Acad have?
Union Cross Traditional Acad employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
How diverse is Union Cross Traditional Acad?
Union Cross Traditional Acad reports a student body of 31% White, 36% Hispanic, 23% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Union Cross Traditional Acad?
Union Cross Traditional Acad 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.