Good schools: Cash Elementary, Kernersville Elementary, Piney Grove Elementary, Sedge Garden Elementary, Kernersville Middle, East Forsyth Middle, East Forsyth High.
Kernersville is a pretty safe town. If there are any bad sides, I don't know what they are. Hopefully someone with better knowledge will pop in to help you.
Try these for rentals:
REALTOR.com: Home and Real Estate Search - Advanced Search
352 Windsor Way, Kernersville, NC rental property - Yahoo! Real Estate (http://realestate.yahoo.com/North_Carolina/Kernersville/Apartments_for_rent/11862697ec3ac8bd728544a4c44070;_ylt=AtdUEL1QIrECaE 9z9DbyGKxAM7Qs?p=Kernersville%2C%20NC&type=rental - broken link)
Kernersville NC Home Rentals, Houses for rent, search homes or Houses for rent in Kernersville North Carolina (http://www.rentalhouses.com/search_results.php?state=NC&city=Kernersville&sear chnew=1 - broken link)
KERNERSVILLE APARTMENT RENTAL & HOME RENTAL