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Whitaker Elementary

2600 Buena Vista Road, Winston Salem, NC 27104 · (336) 703-6740 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 467
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
125 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K20%
Kindergarten9119%
Grade 18117%
Grade 27215%
Grade 36313%
Grade 49319%
Grade 58818%
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
35071%
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 42% · US 43%
Hispanic
378%
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 22% · US 30%
Black
7616%
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 25% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
255%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
25652%
Female
23448%

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Test scores

NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)
English Language Arts
79.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
83.0%
NC avg 52.2%

What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
82.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 →

Where Whitaker Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn North CarolinaIn Forsyth County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
82.9%#47 of 1,297#3 of 42
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
83.0%#77 of 1,296#4 of 42
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
79.8%#45 of 1,300#3 of 42
Enrollment
ranked largest first
490#644 of 1,485#31 of 47
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.2:1#803 of 1,377#38 of 44
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
45.7%#1,077 of 1,379#40 of 45
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-14.3%#436 of 937#18 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.

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
490
-82 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.3:1
% White
71%
was 77%
% Hispanic
8%
was 5%
% Black
16%
was 15%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree or reduced lunch
2024-2549032.315.2:126% (125)
2023-2452935.814.8:127% (145)
2022-235453615.1:127% (147)
2017-1857235.216.3:118% (101)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitaker Elementary.

About Whitaker Elementary

Among the schools in Winston Salem, North Carolina, is Whitaker Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The latest federal count shows 490 students in pre-K through 5.

Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools has 51,745 students in 79 schools, and Whitaker Elementary is one of those schools.

A majority of students at Whitaker Elementary, 71%, are White. The next largest groups are 16% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The school's White share is 16 points above the 56% share among Forsyth County residents. Whitaker Elementary has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Teacher staffing is 32.3 full-time equivalents, or about 15.2 students per teacher. Elementary schools in North Carolina have a similar average ratio of 14.9:1. About 26% of students, or 125, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Forsyth County, the average eligibility rate is 88%.

Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Whitaker Elementary would be expected to post about 71.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 82.9%.

In Forsyth County (population about 389,977), median household income is about $67,165, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 88 public schools operate in Forsyth County, serving about 55,902 students.

Childrens Center is located about 0.9 miles from Whitaker Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Whitaker Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.

The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal counts put enrollment at 572 in 2017-18 and 490 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease. The student mix also changed: the White share decreased from 77% to 71%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2017-18 to 15.2:1 in 2024-25.

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Forsyth County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Whitaker Elementary
District
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools
Address
2600 Buena Vista Road, Winston Salem, NC 27104
Phone
(336) 703-6740
County
Forsyth County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
490
Teachers (FTE)
32
Student–teacher ratio
15.2:1
Free/Reduced lunch
125 (26%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
370150000648
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Whitaker Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Whitaker Elementary?
Whitaker Elementary enrolls approximately 490 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Whitaker Elementary serve?
Whitaker Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Whitaker Elementary have?
Whitaker Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whitaker Elementary?
At Whitaker Elementary, the student body is approximately 71% White, 8% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Whitaker Elementary public or private?
Whitaker Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools.
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