Regular local school district · Gaston County
Gaston County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Gaston County Schools runs 56 public schools with 30,995 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 15.9 students per teacher is about the same as the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 56
- Students
- 30,995
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,947
- Students per teacher
- 15.9
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 943 Osceola Street, Gastonia, NC 28054
- Phone
- (704)866-6100
- County
- Gaston County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3701620
- State district ID
- NC-360
- School counselors (FTE)
- 91.0About 341 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district15.9
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (29,777), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $313.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $45.7 million
- State revenue
- $207.5 million
- Local revenue
- $59.9 million
- Total spending
- $331.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,130
- Salaries
- $174.9 million52.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $163.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.6%
- State: 66.3%
- Local: 19.1%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,130
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Gaston County Schools
By level: 13 high, 11 middle, 30 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ashbrook High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,386 | 18.0 |
| Belmont Central Elementary | Elementary | 2 to 5 | 693 | 19.8 |
| Belmont Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 770 | 18.3 |
| Bessemer City Central Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 392 | 16.3 |
| Bessemer City High | High | 9 to 12 | 590 | 19.0 |
| Bessemer City Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 497 | 17.1 |
| Bessemer City Primary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 445 | 14.8 |
| Brookside Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 512 | 15.5 |
| Carr Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 665 | 17.1 |
| Catawba Heights Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 238 | 12.5 |
| Chapel Grove Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 382 | 15.3 |
| Cherryville Elementary | Elementary | PK to 3 | 378 | 14.0 |
| Cherryville High | High | 9 to 12 | 484 | 15.1 |
| Costner Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 430 | 14.3 |
| Cramerton Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 959 | 19.2 |
| East Gaston High | High | 9 to 12 | 917 | 18.7 |
| Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 374 | 11.0 |
| Forestview High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,133 | 18.3 |
| Gardner Park Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 560 | 14.7 |
| Gaston Early College High School | High | 9 to 13 | 235 | 23.5 |
| Gaston Early College of Medical Sciences | High | 9 to 12 | 174 | 24.9 |
| Gaston Virtual Academy | Other | K to 12 | 283 | 14.2 |
| H H Beam Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 591 | 15.2 |
| Hawks Nest STEAM Academy | Elementary | K to 5 | 356 | 14.8 |
| Highland Sch of Technology | High | 9 to 12 | 538 | 14.2 |
| Holbrook Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 712 | 13.7 |
| Hunter Huss High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,165 | 19.1 |
| Ida Rankin Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 533 | 14.4 |
| J B Page Primary School | Elementary | PK to 1 | 396 | 15.2 |
| John Chavis Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 412 | 15.3 |
| Kiser Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 328 | 17.3 |
| Lingerfeldt Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 450 | 16.7 |
| Lowell Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 367 | 13.1 |
| McAdenville Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 190 | 19.0 |
| Mount Holly Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 570 | 15.4 |
| New Hope Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 571 | 16.8 |
| North Belmont Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 371 | 14.3 |
| North Gaston High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,061 | 17.4 |
| Pinewood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 508 | 15.9 |
| Pleasant Ridge Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 887 | 16.1 |
| Robinson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 420 | 14.0 |
| Sherwood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 553 | 16.8 |
| South Point High | High | 9 to 12 | 989 | 18.3 |
| Southwest Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 832 | 15.4 |
| Springfield Primary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 352 | 15.3 |
| Stanley Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 602 | 15.8 |
| Stuart W Cramer High | High | 9 to 12 | 953 | 18.0 |
| Tryon Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 336 | 12.9 |
| W A Bess Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 674 | 17.3 |
| W B Beam Intermediate School | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 191 | 19.1 |
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Nearby and related
Other districts in Gaston County
- Piedmont Community Charter 1,963 students
- Mountain Island Charter 1,782 students
- Community Charter School 858 students
- Dogwood Classical Academy
- Ridgeview Charter School
More in North Carolina
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.