📍 512 W Mountain Street, Kernersville, Forsyth County, 27284
Kernersville Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kernersville, Forsyth County. The school has 627 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kernersville Elementary enrolls 627 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 22% White and 21% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 313 | 50% |
| White | 140 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 130 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 6.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
620 of the school's 627 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 620 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kernersville Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-60, state senate district 31, state house district 75.
Kernersville Elementary is one of 81 schools in Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, based in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The district serves 52,430 students district-wide and employs 3,594 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 627 students, Kernersville Elementary is close to the district average of about 647 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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