Summary
Caleb’s Creek Elementary is a PK–5 school in Kernersville, NC, serving about 642 students within Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools, a district ranked in the bottom third of North Carolina’s 246 districts. The school itself sits right around the middle of the state: for 2025–2026 it ranked 799th out of nearly 1,500 elementary schools, good for the 46th percentile and a 2-star rating. Its recent history, though, has been uneven. In 2018–2019, Caleb’s Creek was an 80th-percentile school with a 4-star rating; after the pandemic it fell sharply and has since bounced between the 38th and 55th percentiles without a steady return to its earlier level.
Academically, math is the school’s clearest strength. Caleb’s Creek meets or beats its district average in math at every grade, and its 5th graders score roughly six points above the state average. Reading and science are the weak spots: reading proficiency trails the state average in every grade, with the gap reaching seven points by 5th grade, and 5th-grade science proficiency (57%) sits well below the state’s 68%. A nearby comparison highlights the cost of those gaps. Caleb’s Creek actually edges Cash Elementary in math, yet Cash posts much higher reading and science results, which helps explain Cash’s 73rd-percentile ranking versus Caleb’s Creek’s 46th. Chronic absenteeism, meanwhile, is a genuine plus: about 20% of students are chronically absent, versus 34% across the district and 24% statewide, though high-performing neighbors like Piney Grove Elementary and Sedge Garden Elementary have even lower rates.
There are also important bright spots for specific groups. English-language learners perform at the 72nd percentile statewide, up from 56th a year earlier, and gifted students score at the 65th percentile, a strong jump. Special education results improved from the 15th to the 37th percentile but remain an area of concern. Since nearby schools serve families with very similar economic circumstances yet produce much higher outcomes, the data point to instructional effectiveness, not demographics, as the key difference. Caleb’s Creek remains a mid-tier school with solid math, good attendance, and some strong programs; the clearest path to regaining its pre-pandemic footing is targeted work in elementary reading and science.
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