Wallburg Elementary

Set in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Wallburg Elementary is a roomy elementary-level community, operated by Davidson County Schools. It caters to 717 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 54% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Within Davidson County Schools, which oversees 35 schools and 17,936 students, Wallburg Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wallburg Elementary records that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at Wallburg Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Davidson County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Wallburg Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.3%, the actual is 67.4%, a residual of +4.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Davidson County indicate median household income runs about $64,172, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wallburg Elementary is one of 49 public schools in Davidson County (combined enrollment of about 23,696 students).

The closest other public school is Union Cross Traditional Acad, roughly 3.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wallburg Elementary. On composite proficiency, Wallburg Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.9%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Wallburg Elementary's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 838 (now 717). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 79% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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