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Enrollment
754
Middle
DISTRICT 679 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150000649
Wiley Magnet Middle
1400 Northwest Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27104 · (336) 727-2378 · Forsyth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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
15.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
751 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 | 266 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 264 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 224 | 30% |
Student demographics
71%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
39.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
34.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 Wiley Magnet Middle
Wiley Magnet Middle's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley Magnet Middle this school | 754 | 99.6% | 37.6% |
| East Hoke Middle Raeford | 771 | 99.6% | 37.8% |
| Turrentine Middle Burlington | 739 | 99.6% | 33.8% |
| North Garner Middle Garner | 831 | 99.6% | 42.5% |
| Southeast Middle Kernersville | 733 | 99.6% | 34.7% |
| North Rowan Middle Spencer | 649 | 99.5% | 25.9% |
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 Wiley Magnet Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #369 of 463 | #8 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #369 of 461 | #8 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #340 of 463 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #130 of 478 | #7 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #180 of 456 | #7 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #43 of 456 | #3 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #41 of 472 | #5 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.6% | #31 of 143 | N/A |
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
754
+45 (+6%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 719
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 754 | 48.3 | 15.6:1 | 100% (751) |
| 2023-24 | 783 | 51.7 | 15.2:1 | 100% (780) |
| 2022-23 | 749 | 43.7 | 17.1:1 | 100% (746) |
| 2020-21 | 709 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 100% (706) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 44 | 14.0:1 | 100% (612) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 100% (606) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 44 | 11.6:1 | 75% (385) |
| 2000-01 | 824 | 58 | 14.2:1 | 38% (317) |
| 1990-91 | 719 | 49 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wiley Magnet Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (615 to 754); teachers up 10% (44 to 48.3).
About Wiley Magnet Middle
Wiley Magnet Middle is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The school enrolls 754 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in North Carolina enroll around 605, and this school is 25% bigger than that mark.
The district for Wiley Magnet Middle is Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, with 79 schools and 51,745 students.
The biggest share of students at Wiley Magnet Middle, 38%, is Black. The remaining shares are 29% Hispanic, 23% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Forsyth County's population at about 25%. The diversity index for Wiley Magnet Middle is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Wiley Magnet Middle reported 48.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.6:1. The 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina is close to this figure. There are 751 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Forsyth County average 88%.
Wiley Magnet Middle earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Wiley Magnet Middle would be expected to post about 48.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Forsyth County show that median household income comes to about $67,165, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Forsyth County counts 88 public schools with about 55,902 students.
Wiley Magnet Middle's nearest public school is R J Reynolds High (about 0.3 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.9%; Wiley Magnet Middle's is 37.6%, ranking 6th of 7.
Federal data place Wiley Magnet Middle in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 6% across 4 years, from 709 in 2020-21 to 754 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.9:1 to 15.6:1.
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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
- R J Reynolds HighHigh · 1,759 students
- Parkland HighHigh · 1,569 students
- Mount Tabor High SchoolHigh · 1,426 students
- North Forsyth Magnet HighHigh · 1,084 students
- Hanes Magnet SchoolMiddle · 967 students
- Speas ElementaryElementary · 793 students
Nearby schools
- R J Reynolds High0.3 mi · 1,759
- Brunson Elementary0.3 mi · 355
- Cook Literacy Model School0.9 mi · 228
- Paisley Magnet School1.1 mi · 553
- Lowrance Middle1.1 mi · 129
- The Downtown School1.1 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Wiley Magnet MiddleHow many students attend Wiley Magnet Middle?
Wiley Magnet Middle enrolls approximately 754 students in grades 06-08.
Is Wiley Magnet Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wiley Magnet Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Wiley Magnet Middle have?
Wiley Magnet Middle employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is Wiley Magnet Middle?
Wiley Magnet Middle reports a student body of 23% White, 29% Hispanic, 38% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Wiley Magnet Middle public or private?
Wiley Magnet 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.