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Black student results in Gaston County Schools

Across 51 schools in Gaston County Schools, 41.5% of Black students meet grade level proficient+. That is 0.3 points below the North Carolina average for Black students.

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49%
All students
41.5%
Black
44.2%
Hispanic
55.3%
White
69.7%
Asian

Average across the 51 schools in Gaston County Schools with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 50 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Gaston Early College of Medical Sciences reports 95% of Black students meeting the standard. Warlick Academy, in the same district, reports 5%. That is a 90-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Gaston County Schools

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting grade level proficient+. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Gaston Early College High School 95% 95% 95% 95%
Gaston Early College of Medical Sciences 95% 95% 95% 95%
Highland Sch of Technology Magnet 95% 95% 95% 95% 95%
Cramerton Middle 75.4% 64.8% 67.8% 79.1% 88.7%
North Belmont Elementary 65.3% 64.3% 52.8% 72% 81.3%
Chapel Grove Elementary 45.4% 59.1% 32.5% 51.4%
Hawks Nest STEAM Academy Magnet 77.6% 57.4% 91.1% 81.5% 90.5%
New Hope Elementary 72.9% 57.1% 66.7% 75.3% 87.5%
Pinewood Elementary 63% 57% 65.4% 62.5% 95%
South Point High 69.2% 56.2% 53.7% 74.8% 68.6%
Costner Elementary 51.2% 55.9% 31.4% 57.4%
W A Bess Elementary School 65.1% 55% 49.6% 70% 88.7%
McAdenville Elementary 69.1% 53.8% 31.8% 80.5%
W B Beam Intermediate School 56.3% 53.7% 39.5% 60.1%
Belmont Central Elementary 69.1% 51.8% 48.9% 74.9% 62.1%
Catawba Heights Elementary 57.7% 50% 53.3% 62.3% 70%
Stanley Middle 58% 50% 53.4% 62% 50%
John Chavis Middle School 50.5% 49.5% 40.6% 53.6%
Belmont Middle 65% 48.4% 57.4% 70% 73.8%
Ida Rankin Elementary School 60.8% 45.4% 44.8% 74.8%
Tryon Elementary 44.7% 44.7% 32.8% 46.3%
Cherryville High 53% 44% 53.8% 52.8%
Kiser Elementary 46.7% 43.8% 39.5% 49.9%
Lowell Elementary 56.9% 43.6% 52.9% 65.2% 56.5%
Carr Elementary 47.6% 41.5% 48.9% 48.9% 95%
Mount Holly Middle 54.2% 41.5% 48.8% 59.8% 70.8%
Stuart W Cramer High 52.2% 39.8% 37.3% 62% 52.2%
W C Friday Middle School 40.4% 36.6% 35.5% 46.2% 26.7%
Pleasant Ridge Elementary 44.1% 34.1% 37.2% 68.8%
York Chester Middle 40.2% 34% 38.8% 54.1%
Forestview High 49.8% 33.7% 41.6% 60.7% 78.9%
Gardner Park Elementary 39.2% 31% 35.2% 58.2%
East Gaston High 44.7% 30.4% 38.9% 49.4%
Ashbrook High 32.7% 28.8% 34.5% 39.3% 56.5%
North Gaston High 36.7% 28.1% 38.5% 41.8%
Robinson Elementary 48.9% 28.1% 46.5% 64.7% 50%
Bessemer City Middle 36.2% 27.3% 38.3% 42.2% 60%
Brookside Elementary 37.5% 26.9% 37.3% 42.7%
Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School 30.7% 26% 29.9% 35.7%
Bessemer City High 31.6% 25.9% 25% 40%
Sherwood Elementary 31.3% 25.5% 25.6% 49.5%
Southwest Middle 31.7% 25.4% 31.8% 37.7% 66.7%
Holbrook Middle 38.6% 25.2% 38.9% 47% 60%
Hunter Huss High 28.3% 25% 27.3% 38.4%
W P Grier Middle School 28.6% 22.3% 34.6% 37% 53.8%
Woodhill Elementary 24.7% 21.1% 28.4% 26.8%
Bessemer City Central Elem 28.6% 18.9% 30.8% 33.4% 63.6%
Lingerfeldt Elementary 26.9% 17.7% 37.7% 36.7%
H H Beam Elementary 24.3% 16.8% 28.5% 25.2%
Webb Street School Sped 8.5% 9.1% 10.8% 7%
Warlick Academy Alt 5% 5% 5% 5%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. North Carolina suppresses results above 95% or below 5% to protect student privacy. Those schools are shown at the 95% or 5% boundary and are excluded from headline statistics. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, North Carolina figures should not be compared against another state's.

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