Ward Elementary

Ward Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, one of the schools within Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. The school serves 489 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, which oversees 79 schools and 51,745 students, Ward Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Ward Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Black (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 20% White, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Forsyth County as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Ward Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Forsyth County runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ward Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 47.7%, a residual of -0.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Forsyth County put 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%. Ward Elementary is one of 88 public schools in Forsyth County (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students).

Nearest neighbor: Clemmons Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ward Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Ward Elementary's enrollment has declined 31% since 2018, when it stood at 710 (now 489). Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 33% across the same window.

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