Enrollment
369
High
DISTRICT 1,002 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINSTON SALEM / FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370150002729
Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad
1215 North Cameron Avenue, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 · (336) 703-6732 · Forsyth County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of North Carolina public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
366 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 31 | 8% |
Student demographics
54%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
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
23.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
20.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad
Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad this school | 369 | 99.2% | 21.3% |
| City of Medicine Academy Durham | 329 | 98.5% | 90.5% |
| Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences Charlotte | 239 | 98.3% | 37.0% |
| Carver High Winston Salem | 728 | 99.6% | 15.5% |
| Thomasville High Thomasville | 590 | 99.5% | 19.9% |
| The School for Creative Studies Durham | 350 | 98.9% | 48.1% |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #455 of 468 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #384 of 464 | #7 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #442 of 448 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #384 of 598 | #12 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #9 of 473 | #1 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #319 of 474 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #176 of 527 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.5% | #74 of 164 | #4 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high 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
369
+105 (+40%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 418
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 369 | 34.7 | 10.6:1 | 99% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 31.3 | 11.4:1 | 99% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 31.7 | 11.4:1 | 99% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 264 | 29 | 9.1:1 | 99% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 337 | 31.3 | 10.8:1 | 99% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 36 | 12.0:1 | 98% (422) |
| 2010-11 | 418 | 35 | 11.9:1 | 83% (349) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (337 to 369); teachers up 11% (31.3 to 34.7).
About Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad
Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad is a low-enrollment high school serving families in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Students in grades 6 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 369 students. For comparison, high schools in North Carolina average about 761 students.
Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad is one of the 79 schools that make up Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools (51,745 students in total).
Black students account for 50% of enrollment at Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad. Other groups make up 46% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Forsyth County as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
Dividing enrollment by its 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 10.6:1. Among high schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 19.6:1. Eligible students account for 99% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Forsyth County report 88%.
The allk12 Grade for Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad is F. Compared with North Carolina public high schools, the school scored higher than 3% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad is a bottom-10% school in North Carolina on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 21.3% against a predicted 48.5%.
Across Forsyth County, median household income is about $67,165, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Forsyth County number 88 and enroll about 55,902.
The closest public school to Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad is Ashley Academy, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 21.3% average proficiency ranks 5th among 5 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad went from 264 students to 369. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 9.1:1 to 10.6:1.
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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
- 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
Nearby schools
- Ashley Academy0.5 mi · 348
- J F Kennedy High0.7 mi · 332
- Carter High School0.8 mi · 123
- The Arts Based School1.3 mi · 663
- Atkins Academic & Tech High1.5 mi · 1,187
- Virtual Academy1.5 mi · 177
Frequently asked questions
About Winston-Salem Preparatory AcadWhat is the total enrollment at Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad?
Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad enrolls approximately 369 students in grades 06-12.
Is Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad an elementary, middle, or high school?
Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad is a high school covering grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad is approximately 10.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad?
Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad reports a student body of 1% White, 46% Hispanic, 50% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad in?
Winston-Salem Preparatory Acad is part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools.
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