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The public elementary schools with the highest share of Black students in Gaston County, North Carolina

31 public elementary schools in Gaston County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the public elementary schools with the highest share of Black students, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Ridgeview Charter School leads the list at 72.3%, against a median of 19.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Gaston County, North Carolina

Top % Black

72.3%

Median % Black

19.6%

MOST BLACK · GASTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Ridgeview Charter School	Gastonia, NC	Ridgeview Charter School	300	—	72.3%
2	Lingerfeldt Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	450	247	54.9%
3	Woodhill Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	577	309	53.5%
4	Pleasant Ridge Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	887	388	43.7%
5	Sherwood Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	553	239	43.2%
6	Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	374	157	42.0%
7	Gardner Park Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	560	186	33.2%
8	Brookside Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	512	162	31.6%
9	Robinson Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	420	129	30.7%
10	H H Beam Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	591	174	29.4%
11	Bessemer City Primary	Bessemer City, NC	Gaston County Schools	445	126	28.3%
12	Carr Elementary	Dallas, NC	Gaston County Schools	665	178	26.8%
13	Ida Rankin Elementary School	Mount Holly, NC	Gaston County Schools	533	128	24.0%
14	Bessemer City Central Elem	Bessemer City, NC	Gaston County Schools	392	93	23.7%
15	Hawks Nest STEAM Academy	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	356	82	23.0%
16	Lowell Elementary	Lowell, NC	Gaston County Schools	367	72	19.6%
17	W A Bess Elementary School	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	674	121	17.9%
18	Springfield Primary	Stanley, NC	Gaston County Schools	352	60	17.1%
19	McAdenville Elementary	McAdenville, NC	Gaston County Schools	190	31	16.3%
20	Costner Elementary	Dallas, NC	Gaston County Schools	430	66	15.3%
21	Kiser Elementary	Stanley, NC	Gaston County Schools	328	45	13.7%
22	Pinewood Elementary	Mount Holly, NC	Gaston County Schools	508	65	12.8%
23	W B Beam Intermediate School	Cherryville, NC	Gaston County Schools	191	23	12.0%
24	New Hope Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	571	60	10.5%
25	Belmont Central Elementary	Belmont, NC	Gaston County Schools	693	69	10.0%
26	Chapel Grove Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	382	37	9.7%
27	Catawba Heights Elementary	Belmont, NC	Gaston County Schools	238	23	9.7%
28	J B Page Primary School	Belmont, NC	Gaston County Schools	396	37	9.3%
29	Tryon Elementary	Bessemer City, NC	Gaston County Schools	336	29	8.6%
30	North Belmont Elementary	Belmont, NC	Gaston County Schools	371	29	7.8%
31	Cherryville Elementary	Cherryville, NC	Gaston County Schools	378	26	6.9%

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Racial and ethnic enrollment shares are factual figures reported by each school to the federal government (NCES). This list describes the composition of student bodies and is not an evaluation or endorsement of any school.

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