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What's the one class at Ward Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
489
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150002519
Ward Elementary
3775 Fraternity Church Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27127 · (336) 703-4235 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
486 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 | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
72%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
38.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
52.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Ward Elementary
Ward Elementary's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Elementary this school | 489 | 99.4% | 47.7% |
| College Park Elementary Wilmington | 470 | 99.4% | 35.7% |
| Forest Park Elementary Kannapolis | 472 | 99.4% | 44.5% |
| Rama Road Elementary Charlotte | 560 | 99.5% | 50.4% |
| Knightdale Elementary Knightdale | 549 | 99.5% | 40.8% |
| Gardner Park Elementary Gastonia | 560 | 99.5% | 40.7% |
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 Ward Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #882 of 1,297 | #25 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #823 of 1,296 | #22 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #1,002 of 1,300 | #27 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #648 of 1,485 | #32 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #272 of 1,377 | #19 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #108 of 1,379 | #1 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #303 of 1,414 | #26 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.1% | #81 of 937 | #4 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
489
-124 (-20%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 489 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 99% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 34.5 | 14.0:1 | 99% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 35 | 15.2:1 | 99% (529) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 56% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 710 | 50.2 | 14.1:1 | 68% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 752 | 49 | 15.3:1 | 67% (507) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | 51 | 14.6:1 | 56% (418) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 27 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ward Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (710 to 489); teachers down 26% (50.2 to 37).
About Ward Elementary
Ward Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Total enrollment is 489 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools enrolls 51,745 students, and its 79 schools include Ward Elementary.
The biggest share of students at Ward Elementary, 36%, is Black. Other reported shares: 33% Hispanic, 20% White, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 25% Black among all Forsyth County residents. The diversity index for Ward Elementary is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 13.2:1 is based on 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 88% for public schools in Forsyth County.
Ward Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 48.5%. Ward Elementary scores 47.7%.
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. Forsyth County's 88 public schools enroll about 55,902 students and include Ward Elementary.
Clemmons Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Ward Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 56.4%, higher than Ward Elementary's 47.7%.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 613 to 489, a 20% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.2:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Ward Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Winston-Salem
- Atkins Academic & Tech HighHigh · 1,187 students
- Clemmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,092 students
- Oak Grove HighHigh · 992 students
- Meadowlark MiddleMiddle · 857 students
- Meadowlark ElementaryElementary · 827 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 808 students
Other Ward Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Ward Elementary. Ward Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Ward Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 763 students
- Ward Elementary SchoolABILENE, TX · 502 students
- Ward Elementary SchoolShidler, OK · 88 students
Nearby schools
- Clemmons Middle School0.1 mi · 1,092
- Flat Rock Middle2.2 mi · 674
- Clemmons Elementary2.2 mi · 839
- Kimmel Farm Elementary2.2 mi · 760
- Frank Morgan Elementary3.2 mi · 761
- West Forsyth High3.8 mi · 2,145
Frequently asked questions
About Ward ElementaryHow large is Ward Elementary?
Ward Elementary enrolls approximately 489 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ward Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ward Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ward Elementary?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Ward Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Ward Elementary?
Student demographics at Ward Elementary are roughly 20% White, 33% Hispanic, 36% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Ward Elementary in?
Ward Elementary is part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.