Ashley Academy, Winston-Salem: zone, report card and calendar

Ashley Academy, 1647 Ashley School Circle: grades pre-K to 5, 346 students in 2024-25 and a D (42) in 2024-25 state grades.

Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools’ school locator, boundary maps, bell schedules and 2026-27 calendar, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s 2025-26 accountability data and report card data and the federal NCES school directory.

Ashley Academy is a Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools elementary school for grades pre-K to 5 at 1647 Ashley School Circle in Winston-Salem.

Who to call

Front office: 336-703-4203, 1647 Ashley School Circle, Winston-Salem

School website: www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/o/aes

Enrollment and assignment: WS/FCS Student Assignment Office, 336-748-3302; student assignment page

Which school is my address zoned for? The district’s School Locator

Buses and the district office: WS/FCS main line, 336-727-2816, 475 Corporate Square Drive


Address	1647 Ashley School Circle, Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Phone	336-703-4203
Grades	pre-K to 5
Run by	Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
Calendar	Traditional
State school code	340308

Principal

Principal Diana McIntosh, according to the school’s staff directory on Oct. 12, 2026.

Enrollment and teachers

State count: an average daily membership of 346 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state’s report card data.
Federal count: 355 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 13 students per teacher.

State report card

North Carolina gives every public school an A to F School Performance Grade, based 80% on achievement on state tests and other measures and 20% on academic growth, according to the state’s 2025-26 annual testing report.

School year	Grade (score)	Growth
2024-25	D (42)	Met
2023-24	F (32)	Not met

The 2024-25 grade is the latest in the state’s downloadable report card data.

From the state’s 2025-26 school assessment data:

At grade level or above, all state tests: 26.4% (state: 59.2%)
College and career ready (Level 4 and above): 11.5% (state: 37.5%)
Growth: met expected growth

The full report card, with attendance, teacher and course data, is on the state’s NC School Report Cards site.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Every Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools address is assigned a residential elementary, middle and high school. Check an address with the district’s School Locator or the Student Assignment Office at 336-748-3302; the district also publishes boundary maps. Families can apply to magnet and choice schools outside their zone during the application periods on the assignment timeline.

We compared the district’s elementary, middle and high school zones, as published in the City of Winston-Salem’s school district map layers, with Forsyth County’s address points. Every residential address in its zone is inside Winston-Salem’s city limits. Its zone is split between the Winston-Salem Prep (54%), Mineral Springs Middle (30%) and East Forsyth Middle (16%) middle school zones and the Carver High zone for high school. The locator is the final word for any single address.

Rezoning: the Board of Education voted on Oct. 28, 2025, to close Cook Literacy Model School in June 2026 and redraw residential boundaries to send Cook’s students to Ashley Academy, Brunson Elementary and Kimberley Park Elementary starting in the 2026-27 school year, the district reported. The city’s map layer used above still shows a separate Cook zone, so check any address in the former Cook zone with the locator.

Calendar and bell times

School day: 8:20 a.m. to 2:50 p.m., with two-hour early dismissal at 12:50 p.m., according to the district’s bell schedule.

Ashley Academy follows the district’s 2026-27 calendar. Coming up:

Tuesday, Nov. 3: teacher professional day (Election Day); no school for students
Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day holiday
Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
Friday, Dec. 18: end of the second quarter and first semester
Dec. 21 to Jan. 4: winter break
Monday, Jan. 18, 2027: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday, Feb. 15, 2027: teacher professional day
March 26 to April 2, 2027: spring break
Friday, May 21, 2027: last day of school

The district has set Dec. 21-22, Jan. 4, Feb. 15 and May 24-28 as make-up days for bad weather.

The school’s own website
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools’ student assignment page and list of schools and programs
Every public school in Winston-Salem, with zones and report cards
Our Winston-Salem schools guide for the district and school board

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Ashley Academy serve?

Ashley Academy serves grades pre-K to 5, according to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.

What is Ashley Academy’s school grade?

Ashley Academy earned a D, with a score of 42, in North Carolina’s 2024-25 School Performance Grades. In 2025-26, 26.4% of its state tests were at grade level or above.

How do I know if my address is zoned for Ashley Academy?

Enter the address in the WS/FCS School Locator. The Student Assignment Office is 336-748-3302.

What time does Ashley Academy start?

The school day runs 8:20 a.m. to 2:50 p.m., according to the district’s bell schedule.