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Best Public Schools in Rural Hall, NC

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491

Students

Top rankedRural Hall Elementary1241^st of 1,492 North Carolina elementary schools

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Summary:

Rural Hall, North Carolina is served by a single school, Rural Hall Elementary, a PK–5th grade elementary school in the Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools district with 491 students. Because there are no other local schools for comparison, parents evaluating this area must rely on district and state benchmarks. This is a very high-poverty school, with roughly 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-2025. The student–teacher ratio is a moderate 15:1, and the chronic absenteeism rate of 28.5% is notable: it is actually lower than the district average of 33.6%, though still above the state average of 24.2%.

Academically, Rural Hall Elementary trails the state average in every tested subject and grade level across both the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years. The clearest bright spot is 4th grade math in 2025-2026, where 60.3% of students scored proficient, which is above the district rate of 57.9% and nearly matches the state rate of 61.4%. This represents an impressive 19.3-point jump from the prior year for that grade level. Elsewhere, however, gaps are wide: 5th grade science proficiency is just 43.7% versus the state's 67.7%, and 3rd grade reading sits at 34.3% compared with the state's 55.6%, a deficit of more than 21 points.

The most troubling trend is in statewide ranking. From 2023-2024 to 2025-2026, the school fell from the 42nd percentile to the 17th percentile, and its star rating dropped from 2 stars to 1 star, placing it in the bottom fifth of North Carolina elementary schools. This decline occurred even though some individual scores improved, suggesting that other schools across the state are improving faster. Parents should also be aware of strong cohort-to-cohort variability: 5th grade math, reading, and science all dropped by roughly 10 points in 2025-2026 after a stronger prior year. Overall, parents looking at this school should weigh its encouraging 4th grade math performance and relatively better attendance against persistent challenges in reading, science, and upper-elementary math.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOG Mathematics (2026)			EOG Reading (2026)			EOG Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Rural Hall Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	275 College Street	Rural Hall	27045	Forsyth County	Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(336) 703-6789	491	33	15.0		178 (36.3%)	107 (21.8%)	162 (33.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (8.1%)	22.2	1241^st of 1492 public elementary schools	16.8%		30.7	1079^th of 1490 public elementary schools	27.6%	162	47.8	60.3	45.7	34.3	50.8	36.6	43.7	$10,048	$1,056	$8,992

Cities Near Rural Hall

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Winston Salem	2.58 mi	66	362^nd
King	4.91 mi	5	298^th
Tobaccoville	5.66 mi	1	61^st
Pfafftown	5.69 mi	2	33^rd
Germanton	5.83 mi	1	377^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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