Regular local school district · Forsyth County
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools runs 81 public schools with 52,430 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.2 students per teacher is 2.1 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 81
- Students
- 52,430
- Teachers (FTE)
- 3,688
- Students per teacher
- 14.2
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 475 Corporate Square Drive, Winston Salem, NC 27105
- Phone
- (336)727-2292
- County
- Forsyth County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3701500
- State district ID
- NC-340
- School counselors (FTE)
- 142.0About 369 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district14.2
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (51,843), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $581.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $73.1 million
- State revenue
- $355.2 million
- Local revenue
- $153.0 million
- Total spending
- $624.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,038
- Salaries
- $342.1 million54.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $462.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 61.1%
- Local: 26.3%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,038
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools
By level: 18 high, 17 middle, 44 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ashley Academy | Elementary | PK to 5 | 348 | 11.6 |
| Atkins Academic & Tech High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,187 | 17.5 |
| Bolton Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 380 | 12.3 |
| Brunson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 355 | 12.7 |
| Caleb's Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 642 | 14.3 |
| Career Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Carter High School | High | 9 to 12 | 123 | 8.2 |
| Carver High | High | 9 to 12 | 728 | 15.2 |
| Cash Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 520 | 13.3 |
| Childrens Center | Elementary | PK to 5 | 83 | 6.4 |
| Clemmons Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 839 | 16.1 |
| Clemmons Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,092 | 18.2 |
| Cook Literacy Model School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 228 | 12.0 |
| Diggs-Latham Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 385 | 10.4 |
| Early College of Forsyth Co | High | 9 to 12 | 306 | 21.9 |
| East Forsyth High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,647 | 16.6 |
| East Forsyth Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 772 | 16.1 |
| Easton Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 504 | 11.5 |
| Flat Rock Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 674 | 13.8 |
| Forest Park Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 522 | 11.6 |
| Frank Morgan Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 761 | 14.9 |
| Gibson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 589 | 12.5 |
| Griffith Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 621 | 14.4 |
| Hall-Woodward Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 532 | 10.0 |
| Hanes Magnet School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 967 | 16.4 |
| Hospital/Homebound Education Center | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Ibraham Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 357 | 13.2 |
| J F Kennedy High | High | 6 to 12 | 332 | 14.4 |
| Jefferson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 560 | 14.0 |
| Kernersville Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 568 | 12.6 |
| Kernersville Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 754 | 16.8 |
| Kimberley Park Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 332 | 11.4 |
| Kimmel Farm Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 760 | 15.2 |
| Kingswood School | Other | PK to 12 | 9 | 0.8 |
| Konnoak Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 600 | 13.6 |
| Konnoak Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 363 | 10.4 |
| Lewisville Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 591 | 16.0 |
| Lewisville Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 888 | 16.8 |
| Lowrance Middle | Middle | 6 to 10 | 129 | 6.1 |
| Main Street Academy | High | 6 to 12 | 63 | 3.7 |
| Meadowlark Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 827 | 15.0 |
| Meadowlark Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 857 | 17.1 |
| Middle College of Forsyth Cnty | High | 11 to 12 | 121 | 30.2 |
| Mineral Springs Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 545 | 11.8 |
| Mineral Springs Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 702 | 13.0 |
| Moore Magnet Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 450 | 13.6 |
| Mount Tabor High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,426 | 17.8 |
| North Forsyth Magnet High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,084 | 15.9 |
| North Hills Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 453 | 14.6 |
| Northwest Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 702 | 14.6 |
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Nearby and related
Other districts in Forsyth County
- NC Leadership Charter Academy 1,209 students
- Quality Education Academy 776 students
- Forsyth Academy 729 students
- Arts Based School 663 students
- Carter G Woodson School 485 students
- Appalachian State U Academy Middle Fork 295 students
- Anderson Academy
- YMCA of Northwest Nc Forsyth
More in North Carolina
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.