📍 3775 Fraternity Church Road, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, 27127
Ward Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County. The school has 532 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 18% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ward Elementary enrolls 532 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% Black or African American, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 25% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 187 | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 145 | 27% |
| White | 131 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 44 | 8.3% |
| Asian | 25 | 4.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
529 of the school's 532 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 529 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.
Ward Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 75.
Ward 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 532 students, Ward Elementary is smaller than 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: Rural - Fringe