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Magnet · Grades Pre-K–8 · 453 students
The Arts Based School
1380 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Grades
K–8
Elementary
Students
663
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
13.5 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Arts Based School
Forsyth County
Schola Grade A · Excellent
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,394 North Carolina elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other North Carolina elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About The Arts Based School
The Arts Based School is a charter elementary school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, serving grades K–8. It is part of Arts Based School. The school is located in a large city in Forsyth County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 663 students were enrolled, with about 13.5 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical North Carolina elementary school (14.5 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from NC State Board of Education. Its Schola Grade is A (excellent), compared with 1,394 North Carolina elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 663 students
- Students per teacher
- 13.5 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- NC State Board of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Arts Based School
- County
- Forsyth County
- NCES school ID
- 370012602611
Schools near The Arts Based School
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.