Spotlight- The Forsyth Formula

No. 282 – March 10, 2006
New Middle Schools

. . . . . .Winston-Salem/Forsyth County’s new middle schools cost between $10 and $15 per square foot less than middle schools in Union, Hickory, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg school districts (see Table 2). Schools in these districts were between $1.75 and $6 more per square foot than the average cost of middle schools in North Carolina in 2003. East Forsyth Middle School cost $10 less per square foot than the state average middle school bid in 2003 (see Figure 2).. . . . . . .