Northwest Middle School
5501 Murray Road, Winston Salem, NC, 27106-9633 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Northwest Middle School
School Level Middle school
Grades Offered Grades 6 - 8
County Forsyth County, NC
Students & Faculty
Total Students 899 students
% Male / % Female 49%  /  51%
Total Classroom Teachers 62 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 6 - 317 students
Grade 7 - 295 students
Grade 8 - 287 students
This School
(NC) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:15 1:15
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(NC) School Average
% American Indian n/a 1%
% Asian n/a 2%
% Hispanic 8% 7%
% Black 41% 33%
% White 50% 55%
% Unknown 1 % 2%
Additional Student Information
This School
(NC) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 36% 36%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 7% 8%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(NC) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Forsyth County s School District
This School's Agency
(NC) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 75 12
Number of Students Managed 50,166 students 6,224 students
District Total Revenue $401,975,000 $49,999,000
District Expenditure $407,747,000 $49,784,000
District Revenue / Student $8,013 $8,033
District Expenditure / Student $8,128 $7,999
In the News:
  • Sports Calendar (Winston-Salem Journal)
    posted on July 10, 2009 at 04:30:03 am
    All calendar entries must be submitted in writing. No telephone calls will be accepted. All submissions for tryouts must include date, place and time of the tryout. Write to Sports Calendar, P.O. Box 3159, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102, fax to (336) 727-4083 or e-mail to sports@wsjournal.com
  • Outdoors Notebook: Number of finfish caught is down (Winston-Salem Journal)
    posted on May 7, 2009 at 04:29:14 am
    ■ The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries said this week that the number of finfish caught in N.C. waters by recreational fishermen dropped about 18 percent in 2008. The total fell to about 12 million fish, even though the number of recreational-fishing trips remained roughly the same, at 7 million.
  • Plan splits school patrols (Winston-Salem Journal)
    posted on May 3, 2009 at 04:01:09 am
    Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools officials are working through a proposal to split the policing of most of the county's schools between the Winston-Salem Police Department and the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.
  • Community Milestones (Winston-Salem Journal)
    posted on April 13, 2009 at 04:01:08 am
    □ LeBrandon Banner of Winston-Salem and Karis Maffett of Thomasville are two area students who are members of a new gospel choir at Lenoir-Rhyne University. The choir, organized by Emma Sellers, area coordinator and director of multicultural student services, consists of approximately 20 black students.
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (27106)
School Zip (27106)
(NC) State Average
Population (Approximate) 39,805 people 7,780,958 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 47% 24%
Population Average Age 35 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.3 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $43,890 $39,726
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.4 rooms 5.3 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 30 years old 32 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (27106)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 58% / 42% 66% / 34%
School Map:
1. Reagen High School - 878 students - 3.5 mi. away - view location
2. Mineral Springs Middle School - 518 students - 4.7 mi. away - view location
3. Jefferson Middle School - 1085 students - 5.3 mi. away - view location
4. Hanes Middle School - 595 students - 6.0 mi. away - view location
5. Lowrance Middle School - 86 students - 6.0 mi. away - view location
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