📍 2000 W Polo Road, Winston Salem, Forsyth County, 27106
Speas Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Winston Salem, Forsyth County. The school has 767 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Speas Elementary enrolls 767 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 50 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 34% Black or African American, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 26% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 261 | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 240 | 31% |
| White | 196 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 60 | 7.8% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
764 of the school's 767 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 764 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.
Speas Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 32, state house district 72.
Speas 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 767 students, Speas Elementary is larger than the district average of about 647 students per school.
View the full Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools profile →
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large