Best Public Schools in Zip Code 27107

ZIP code 27107 contains 9 schools — 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high school — enrolling roughly 5,871 students, but this single area is split across two very different districts: Davidson County Schools and Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools. The district boundary matters more than the ZIP code itself. The four Davidson County schools — Wallburg Elementary, Friendship Elementary, Oak Grove Middle, and Oak Grove High — are consistently strong performers, while the five WSFCS schools — Hanes Magnet School, Hall-Woodward Elementary, Forest Park Elementary, Easton Elementary School, and Smith Farm Elementary — face severe economic disadvantages and much lower academic outcomes.

Wallburg Elementary is the standout school, earning 4 stars with about 71% average proficiency and ranking in the 79th percentile statewide; Friendship Elementary is close behind at 4 stars and the 76th percentile. Oak Grove Middle ranks in the 68th percentile with low chronic absenteeism, and Oak Grove High ranks in the 63rd percentile with a 93.3% graduation rate and above-average end-of-course scores. At the other end of the spectrum, Easton Elementary School sits at the 2nd percentile with 0 stars and only about 28% proficiency, while Hall-Woodward Elementary (9th percentile) and Forest Park Elementary (19th percentile) also rank near the bottom. Even the strongest WSFCS school, Hanes Magnet School, only reaches the 46th percentile — well behind Oak Grove Middle.

The economic and attendance gaps are stark. Davidson County schools in this ZIP average about 42% poverty and only 7% chronic absenteeism, while WSFCS schools average about 99.5% poverty and 33.5% chronic absenteeism — far above the state average of 24.2%. Reading is the most serious academic weakness in the lower-performing schools: Easton Elementary School's 3rd-grade reading proficiency is just 14.6%, and Hall-Woodward Elementary's 5th-grade reading is only 23.3%. Notably, the WSFCS schools actually spend more per student and have smaller class sizes, yet outcomes remain much lower. The bottom line is that within 27107, district lines mark the truest dividing line in school quality.