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.
Search North Carolina schools ›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.
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.
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.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | — |
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