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Forsyth Academy

Public, Charter Grades K-8
1382nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,492 North Carolina Elementary Schools
Better than 7% of North Carolina elementary schools
Summary

Forsyth Academy is a K–8 public school in Winston Salem, NC, serving 729 students and operating as its own independent school district rather than part of Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. Because it spans elementary and middle grades, comparisons with nearby PK–5 elementary schools are useful but not perfect. About 99% of its students come from economically disadvantaged families, making it a very high-poverty school. The school's statewide ranking has fallen steadily from the 36th percentile in 2021–2022 to the 7th percentile with a 0-star rating in the most recent year.

Forsyth Academy scores below the state average in every subject and grade tested, with especially large gaps in math. Only 36.4% of 3rd graders were proficient in math versus 66.4% statewide, and 8th grade math proficiency was just 28.8%. In 3rd grade math, Forsyth Academy outperforms only North Hills Elementary among nearby schools, while Whitaker Elementary (81.7%), Jefferson Elementary (77.4%), and Sherwood Forest Elementary (88.3%) are far ahead. This is especially telling because Jefferson Elementary serves nearly the same percentage of economically disadvantaged students (about 99%) yet achieves much stronger results — evidence that high poverty does not have to mean low performance. The school also has a student-teacher ratio of 20.0, well above the 12-to-15 range seen at most nearby district schools.

On a more positive note, chronic absenteeism at Forsyth Academy is 24.0%, right at the state average and well below the Winston Salem / Forsyth County district average of 33.6%. English Learner students rank at the 51st percentile statewide, a genuine bright spot for a school near the bottom of the state rankings, and middle-school reading results are closer to state averages than early-elementary results. The most urgent concerns are early-elementary math and reading, 8th grade math, and support for special education students, whose performance has dropped sharply in the most recent year. Overall, the data point to a school where students attend regularly but need stronger instructional support and more individualized attention, especially in the critical early grades.

729
Students ?
20.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
99.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 5426 Shattalon Drive
       Winston Salem, NC  27106

(336) 922-1121

District: Forsyth Academy

Racial breakdown:

African American:
43.8%
Hispanic:
41.6%
Two or more races:
7.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 15th percentile in 2016 → 7th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the North Carolina average (41% vs 59% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school41%
North Carolina avg59%
Elementary school
1,382nd of 1,492
North Carolina public elementary schools ?
Bottom 7%▼ down 8 pts since 2016
From bottom 15% (2016) to bottom 7% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of North Carolina Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
574th of 778
North Carolina public middle schools ?
Bottom 26%▼ down 6 pts since 2016
From bottom 33% (2016) to bottom 26% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of North Carolina Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
225th of 246Forsyth Academy among North Carolina districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202613.51382 of 14927.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202518.01316 of 149011.7%★☆☆☆☆
202420.71272 of 150515.5%★☆☆☆☆
202329.51096 of 150227.0%★☆☆☆☆
202237.1964 of 151436.3%★★☆☆☆
202122.81144 of 148923.2%★☆☆☆☆
201926.31157 of 147321.5%★☆☆☆☆
201832.01048 of 143426.9%★☆☆☆☆
201728.11104 of 142922.7%★☆☆☆☆
201620.61207 of 142515.3%★☆☆☆☆
201517.71247 of 144013.4%★☆☆☆☆
201423.51110 of 139020.1%★☆☆☆☆
201326.91077 of 140323.2%★☆☆☆☆
201232.41057 of 138823.8%★☆☆☆☆
201139.8922 of 138133.2%★★☆☆☆
201047.2820 of 136339.8%★★☆☆☆
200934.1988 of 135427.0%★☆☆☆☆
200844.3817 of 132438.3%★★☆☆☆
200738.7915 of 129329.2%★☆☆☆☆
200643.4816 of 127636.1%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202624.4761 of 90315.7%★☆☆☆☆
202532.9664 of 91827.7%★☆☆☆☆
202440.2573 of 92438.0%★★☆☆☆
202354.6370 of 93360.3%★★★☆☆
202271.0178 of 92780.8%★★★★☆
202143.6454 of 89649.3%★★☆☆☆
201962.9279 of 94970.6%★★★★☆
201864.6257 of 92772.3%★★★★☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202249.3256 of 63459.6%★★★☆☆
202126.3527 of 64618.4%★☆☆☆☆
201932.0649 of 87826.1%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202646.1256 of 51950.7%★★★☆☆
202551.3219 of 56361.1%★★★☆☆
202448.2233 of 53356.3%★★★☆☆
202354.1177 of 51465.6%★★★☆☆
202270.065 of 48586.6%★★★★☆
202147.4143 of 38562.9%★★★☆☆
201948.7217 of 49756.3%★★★☆☆
201839.6256 of 42139.2%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202616.51317 of 14479.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202523.81200 of 145117.3%★☆☆☆☆
202423.81183 of 145518.7%★☆☆☆☆
202334.7971 of 145933.4%★★☆☆☆
202237.4940 of 145835.5%★★☆☆☆
202117.91232 of 144014.4%★☆☆☆☆
201921.21217 of 142414.5%★☆☆☆☆
201827.41114 of 140520.7%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202636.3678 of 98130.9%★★☆☆☆
202534.5663 of 96131.0%★★☆☆☆
202443.2549 of 95142.3%★★☆☆☆
202350.0440 of 91551.9%★★★☆☆
202256.0330 of 89363.0%★★★☆☆
202143.5443 of 84347.4%★★☆☆☆
201936.4592 of 86531.6%★★☆☆☆
201836.7590 of 85130.7%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202625.41209 of 143415.7%★☆☆☆☆
202527.81173 of 143718.4%★☆☆☆☆
202431.71083 of 145025.3%★☆☆☆☆
202345.9794 of 143744.7%★★☆☆☆
202256.9521 of 136661.9%★★★☆☆
202144.1707 of 132946.8%★★☆☆☆
201944.5803 of 136141.0%★★☆☆☆
201849.1686 of 133248.5%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202613.31360 of 14516.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202514.81339 of 14507.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.91243 of 146415.1%★☆☆☆☆
202325.11146 of 146121.6%★☆☆☆☆
202238.4926 of 146436.7%★★☆☆☆
202131.6965 of 144433.2%★★☆☆☆
201934.31033 of 143027.8%★☆☆☆☆
201839.1929 of 141334.3%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202613.2805 of 8151.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202542.9428 of 82147.9%★★☆☆☆
202422.4716 of 80110.6%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202628.6574 of 77826.2%★☆☆☆☆
202528.4562 of 77327.3%★☆☆☆☆
202439.6488 of 79338.5%★★☆☆☆
202338.3482 of 78438.5%★★☆☆☆
202249.5382 of 78651.4%★★★☆☆
202133.4488 of 74134.1%★★☆☆☆
201934.7517 of 73729.9%★★☆☆☆
201836.3464 of 69132.9%★★☆☆☆
201741.3432 of 69437.8%★★☆☆☆
201634.8466 of 69232.7%★★☆☆☆
201535.1472 of 70533.0%★★☆☆☆
201421.0508 of 62719.0%★☆☆☆☆
201331.7472 of 67329.9%★★☆☆☆
201253.9375 of 66243.4%★★☆☆☆
201156.3337 of 64848.0%★★☆☆☆
201065.1236 of 64063.1%★★★☆☆
200948.6381 of 63039.5%★★☆☆☆
200847.4369 of 62040.5%★★☆☆☆
200767.0203 of 60666.5%★★★☆☆
200669.0172 of 59871.2%★★★★☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202646.2269 of 55351.4%★★★☆☆
202547.6250 of 54654.2%★★★☆☆
202459.4164 of 56070.7%★★★★☆
202368.4117 of 55979.1%★★★★☆
202284.059 of 55089.3%★★★★☆
202161.5118 of 53377.9%★★★★☆
201966.5110 of 51978.8%★★★★☆
201865.9110 of 49477.7%★★★★☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202233.4286 of 44936.3%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202650.1138 of 36362.0%★★★☆☆
202567.859 of 37184.1%★★★★☆
202455.697 of 35672.8%★★★★☆
202350.1115 of 31863.8%★★★☆☆
202253.298 of 31268.6%★★★☆☆
202150.871 of 23669.9%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202629.7534 of 73126.9%★☆☆☆☆
202524.9575 of 73321.6%★☆☆☆☆
202428.0549 of 73825.6%★☆☆☆☆
202335.6468 of 73136.0%★★☆☆☆
202241.4430 of 73341.3%★★☆☆☆
202133.1469 of 70633.6%★★☆☆☆
201938.7454 of 68433.6%★★☆☆☆
201828.2508 of 65622.6%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202644.6299 of 56647.2%★★☆☆☆
202551.1251 of 56255.3%★★★☆☆
202460.2178 of 56468.4%★★★☆☆
202347.6271 of 55351.0%★★★☆☆
202253.9221 of 54159.1%★★★☆☆
202147.7258 of 52250.6%★★★☆☆
201927.8400 of 49318.9%★☆☆☆☆
201838.9314 of 47233.5%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202641.3419 of 72542.2%★★☆☆☆
202544.4394 of 72946.0%★★☆☆☆
202456.0294 of 74360.4%★★★☆☆
202356.0275 of 73562.6%★★★☆☆
202274.9100 of 68985.5%★★★★☆
202158.8203 of 63367.9%★★★☆☆
201952.2285 of 63955.4%★★★☆☆
201850.0298 of 60450.7%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202626.1568 of 73622.8%★☆☆☆☆
202533.4497 of 73332.2%★★☆☆☆
202451.7347 of 75153.8%★★★☆☆
202339.7449 of 74739.9%★★☆☆☆
202255.9311 of 74858.4%★★★☆☆
202134.2463 of 71134.9%★★☆☆☆
201930.4521 of 69725.3%★☆☆☆☆
201843.1399 of 66540.0%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202544.5195 of 47859.2%★★★☆☆
202448.6182 of 47361.5%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
201954.1283 of 62454.6%★★★☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Disabled (2022)60th percentile+23 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)51st percentile+43 vs school
Hispanic (2026)31st percentile+24 vs school
African American (2026)16th percentile+8 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)16th percentile+8 vs school
Female (2026)9th percentile~ school
Male (2026)6th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)1st percentile-6 vs school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2026)62nd percentile+36 vs school
Special Education (2025)59th percentile+32 vs school
White (2019)55th percentile+25 vs school
African American (2026)51st percentile+25 vs school
Hispanic (2026)47th percentile+21 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)42nd percentile+16 vs school
Disabled (2022)36th percentile-15 vs school
Female (2026)27th percentile~ school
Male (2026)23rd percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?
Science55%-13 vs state
Reading42%-14 vs state
Mathematics37%-23 vs state

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Students at Forsyth Academy are 44% African American, 42% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 7% White.

Forsyth Academy ranks in the bottom 7.4% of North Carolina elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 729 students attended Forsyth Academy.

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