NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools NC

Best-Resourced Schools in Kernersville, NC

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12 public K-12 schools in Kernersville from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
10,139
Students
35.3/100
Avg Resource Index
15.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Kernersville has more public-school enrollment than 81% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Kernersville's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

7 of Kernersville's 12 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between East Forsyth High and Union Cross Traditional Acad shows the range hidden by Kernersville's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 19%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
26th percentile
Teacher staffing
46th percentile

East Forsyth High accounts for 16.2% of all Kernersville public-school enrollment

That concentration means Kernersville-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Kernersville school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities

Kernersville school enrollment ranges from 520 students (lowest) to 1,647 students (highest), a spread of 1,127 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Kernersville reports 63.5% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Kernersville student-teacher ratio is 15.7:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Kernersville is typically wider than the Kernersville-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. East Forsyth High 51
2. Sedge Garden Elementary 42
3. Robert B Glenn High School 39
4. Piney Grove Elementary 38
5. Caleb's Creek Elementary 36
6. Southeast Middle 34
7. Nc Leadership Charter Academy 33
8. East Forsyth Middle School 31
9. Kernersville Middle 31
10. Kernersville Elementary 31
11. Cash Elementary 31
12. Union Cross Traditional Acad 27

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Kernersville

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Southeast Middle 71.6/100
  2. 2 Caleb's Creek Elementary 71.3/100
  3. 3 Union Cross Traditional Acad 71.2/100
  4. 4 Kernersville Elementary 69.0/100
  5. 5 Sedge Garden Elementary 68.4/100

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Which Kernersville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

East Forsyth High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Kernersville schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Kernersville, NC? ▼

Kernersville has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,139 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.7:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.