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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6

Gaston Elementary School, Gadsden, AL

CEP schoolGaston Elementary School is a public elementary school in Gadsden, part of Etowah County Public Schools. It enrolled 290 students in 2024-25, with 16.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
290
Teachers (FTE)
18.0
Students per teacher
16.1
Grades
PK to 6

This school's ratio is 1.3 lower than the district figure of 17.4. The Alabama average across schools is 17.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.1
District17.4
Alabama17.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
4550 US Highway 411, Gadsden, AL 35901
Phone
(256)622-1073
District
Etowah County Public Schools
County
Etowah County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
010138002453
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
196
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
19667.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
196Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Etowah County Public Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Gadsden

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.