Winston-Salem, NC
Kids in Winston-Salem
Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.
- Bedrooms you set
- 1
- A household this size usually wants a studio.
- Childcare in this setup
- $0
- No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
- Leftover with current kids
- $2,276
- After tax, rent and everything else.
Largest public school districts
The 12 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the Winston-Salem metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.
- Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools
Winston Salem
- Students
- 52,430
- Schools
- 81
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.2
- Davidson County Schools
Lexington
- Students
- 17,985
- Schools
- 35
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.2
- Davie County Schools
Mocksville
- Students
- 6,116
- Schools
- 13
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.7
- Stokes County Schools
Danbury
- Students
- 5,553
- Schools
- 17
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.6
- Yadkin County Schools
Yadkinville
- Students
- 5,174
- Schools
- 14
- Pupil–teacher
- 18.1
- Lexington City Schools
Lexington
- Students
- 2,953
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.2
- Thomasville City Schools
Thomasville
- Students
- 2,149
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 19
- NC Leadership Charter Academy
Kernersville
- Students
- 1,209
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 18.3
- Quality Education Academy
Winston-Salem
- Students
- 776
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 22.1
- Forsyth Academy
Winston-Salem
- Students
- 729
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 20
- Arts Based School
Winston-Salem
- Students
- 663
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.5
- Davidson Charter Academy
Lexington
- Students
- 658
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.9
Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.
Public schools by level
- Primary
- 94
- Elementary grades
- Middle
- 34
- Middle or junior high
- High
- 41
- Secondary grades
- Other
- 9
- K–12, ungraded, alternative
178 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.
Where the Winston-Salem metro sits
Roughly the core of the Winston-Salem, NC metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
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If this were a family of four
Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in Winston-Salem would be -$5 a month, with $1,106 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →
Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.