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What's one thing Walkertown Middle gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
617
Middle
DISTRICT 679 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000646
Walkertown Middle
5240 Sullivantown Road, Walkertown, NC 27051 · (336) 703-4154 · Forsyth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
613 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 213 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 207 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 197 | 32% |
Student demographics
69%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
40.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
46.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Walkertown Middle
Walkertown Middle's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walkertown Middle this school | 617 | 99.4% | 44.7% |
| Greene County Middle Snow Hill | 602 | 99.5% | 28.9% |
| Woodlawn Middle Mebane | 633 | 99.5% | 40.9% |
| Southeast Middle Kernersville | 733 | 99.6% | 34.7% |
| Clayton Middle Clayton | 609 | 96.2% | 52.1% |
| Holbrook Middle Lowell | 712 | 97.8% | 39.1% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Walkertown Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #300 of 463 | #7 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #261 of 461 | #7 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #330 of 463 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 617 | #211 of 478 | #13 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #98 of 456 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #74 of 456 | #5 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #155 of 472 | #12 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #165 of 300 | #8 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
617
-69 (-10%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
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 | 617 | 42.4 | 14.6:1 | 99% (613) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 39.9 | 15.6:1 | 99% (618) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 42.3 | 15.1:1 | 100% (636) |
| 2020-21 | 686 | 38 | 18.1:1 | 52% (357) |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 44.1 | 15.7:1 | 66% (455) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 43 | 16.2:1 | 67% (464) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 44 | 14.0:1 | 58% (357) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 48 | 13.0:1 | 28% (172) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 41 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walkertown Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (691 to 617); teachers down 4% (44.1 to 42.4).
About Walkertown Middle
Walkertown Middle is a public middle-grades school run by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools in Walkertown, North Carolina. Federal data show 617 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools operates 79 schools. Combined enrollment is 51,745 students.
Black students account for 35% of enrollment at Walkertown Middle, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 32% Hispanic, 29% White, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Forsyth County, the Black share is about 25%. The diversity index for Walkertown Middle is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. Middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. Walkertown Middle has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 99%. For comparison, public schools in Forsyth County average 88%.
Walkertown Middle holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 37% of North Carolina public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Walkertown Middle falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 44.7% actual against 48.5% predicted.
The school's county is Forsyth County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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. Public schools in Forsyth County number 88, with about 55,902 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Walkertown High, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Walkertown Middle is 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 10% decline took enrollment from 686 in 2020-21 to 617 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.6:1.
The Walkertown Middle discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 Walkertown
- Walkertown HighHigh · 662 students
- Walkertown ElementaryElementary · 633 students
- Appalachian Academy at Middle ForkElementary · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Walkertown High0.1 mi · 662
- Walkertown Elementary0.4 mi · 633
- Appalachian Academy at Middle Fork2.7 mi · 295
- Cash Elementary3.0 mi · 520
- East Forsyth Middle School3.1 mi · 772
- Ibraham Elementary3.2 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About Walkertown MiddleHow large is Walkertown Middle?
Walkertown Middle enrolls approximately 617 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Walkertown Middle serve?
Walkertown Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Walkertown Middle?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Walkertown Middle.
How diverse is Walkertown Middle?
Walkertown Middle reports a student body of 29% White, 32% Hispanic, 35% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Walkertown Middle public or private?
Walkertown Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.