Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A+ Early College Of Forsyth Co (High school, exceeds expectations)
2. A+ Sherwood Forest Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
3. A+ Lewisville Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
4. A+ Whitaker Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
5. A+ Clemmons Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
6. A+ Meadowlark Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
7. A+ Piney Grove Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
8. A+ Vienna Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
9. A Jefferson Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
10. A The Downtown School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)

High schools (13)

• A- Atkins Academic And Tech High, Winston Salem
• Carter High School, Winston Salem
• D- Carver High, Winston Salem
• C- East Forsyth High, Kernersville
• D+ J F Kennedy High, Winston Salem
• C- Mount Tabor High School, Winston Salem
• D- North Forsyth High, Winston Salem
• D- Parkland High, Winston Salem
• C- R J Reynolds High, Winston Salem
• D- Robert B Glenn High School, Kernersville
• A- Ronald W Reagan High School, Pfafftown
• D Walkertown High, Walkertown
• B+ West Forsyth High, Clemmons

Middle and junior high schools (14)

• B Clemmons Middle School, Winston Salem
• F East Forsyth Middle School, Kernersville
• F Flat Rock Middle, Winston Salem
• B Kernersville Middle, Kernersville
• A Lewisville Middle, Lewisville
• F Lowrance Middle, Winston Salem
• A Meadowlark Middle, Winston Salem
• B+ Middle College, Of Forsyth Cnty Winston Salem
• F Mineral Springs Middle, Winston Salem
• F Northwest Middle, Winston Salem
• D Southeast Middle, Kernersville
• A Thomas Jefferson Middle, Winston Salem
• C- Walkertown Middle, Walkertown
• D Wiley Magnet Middle, Winston Salem

Elementary and primary schools (39)

• C- Bolton Elementary, Winston Salem
• B- Brunson Elementary, Winston Salem
• B- Calebs Creek Elementary, Kernersville
• B+ Cash Elementary, Kernersville
• A+ Clemmons Elementary, Clemmons
• C- Diggs Latham Elementary, Winston Salem
• A+ Early College Of Forsyth Co, Winston Salem
• F Easton Elementary School, Winston Salem
• D- Forest Park Elementary, Winston Salem
• A- Frank Morgan Elementary, Clemmons
• F Gibson Elementary, Winston Salem
• C- Griffith Elementary, Winston Salem
• D- Hall Woodward Elementary, Winston Salem
• F Ibraham Elementary, Winston Salem
• A Jefferson Elementary, Winston Salem
• C Kernersville Elementary, Kernersville
• D+ Kimberley Park Elementary, Winston Salem
• C Kimmel Farm Elementary, Winston Salem
• D Konnoak Elementary, Winston Salem
• A+ Lewisville Elementary, Lewisville
• A+ Meadowlark Elementary, Winston Salem
• D Mineral Springs Elementary, Winston Salem
• C- Moore Magnet Elementary, Winston Salem
• F North Hills Elementary, Winston Salem
• A- Old Richmond Elementary, Tobaccoville
• F Old Town Elementary, Winston Salem
• F Petree Elementary, Winston Salem
• A+ Piney Grove Elementary, Kernersville
• C- Rural Hall Elementary, Rural Hall
• A- Sedge Garden Elementary, Kernersville
• A+ Sherwood Forest Elementary, Winston Salem
• C- Smith Farm Elementary, Winston Salem
• F South Fork Elementary, Winston Salem
• A Southwest Elementary, Clemmons
• B- Speas Elementary, Winston Salem
• A+ Vienna Elementary, Pfafftown
• D+ Walkertown Elementary, Walkertown
• C- Ward Elementary, Winston Salem
• A+ Whitaker Elementary, Winston Salem

Other schools and academies (13)

• F Ashley Academy, Winston Salem
• F Childrens Center, Winston Salem
• D+ Cook Literacy Model School, Winston Salem
• C+ Hanes Magnet School, Winston Salem
• Kingswood School, Winston Salem
• F Main Street Academy, Winston Salem
• F Paisley Ib Magnet School, Winston Salem
• F Philo Hill Magnet Academy, Winston Salem
• A The Downtown School, Winston Salem
• The Special Childrens School, Winston Salem
• C+ Union Cross Traditional Acad, Kernersville
• D Virtual Academy, Winston Salem
• D- Winston Salem Preparatory, Winston-Salem

Cities and towns served (8)

• Winston Salem (54)
• Kernersville (11)
• Clemmons (4)
• Walkertown (3)
• Lewisville (2)
• Pfafftown (2)
• Rural Hall (1)
• Tobaccoville (1)

• State: Best schools in North Carolina
• County: Forsyth County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: large city (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 52,157 students with 3,642 full-time-equivalent teachers and 7,143 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 3701500
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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