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The public schools with the most Black students in Gaston County, North Carolina

Across Gaston County, North Carolina, 56 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Ashbrook High leads the list at 625, against a median of 116 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Gaston County, North Carolina

Top Black students

625

Median Black students

116

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · GASTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Ashbrook High	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	1,386	45.1%	625
2	Hunter Huss High	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	1,165	41.9%	488
3	Pleasant Ridge Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	887	43.7%	388
4	W P Grier Middle School	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	659	52.8%	348
5	Woodhill Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	577	53.5%	309
6	North Gaston High	Dallas, NC	Gaston County Schools	1,061	27.0%	286
7	Forestview High	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	1,133	24.9%	282
8	Southwest Middle	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	832	33.6%	280
9	Lingerfeldt Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	450	54.9%	247
10	Sherwood Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	553	43.2%	239
11	Holbrook Middle	Lowell, NC	Gaston County Schools	712	30.5%	217
12	Stuart W Cramer High	Belmont, NC	Gaston County Schools	953	20.3%	193
13	York Chester Middle	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	398	47.2%	188
14	Gardner Park Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	560	33.2%	186
15	Carr Elementary	Dallas, NC	Gaston County Schools	665	26.8%	178
16	H H Beam Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	591	29.4%	174
17	Brookside Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	512	31.6%	162
18	Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	374	42.0%	157
19	Cramerton Middle	Cramerton, NC	Gaston County Schools	959	16.1%	154
20	Bessemer City High	Bessemer City, NC	Gaston County Schools	590	25.1%	148
21	W C Friday Middle School	Dallas, NC	Gaston County Schools	618	23.8%	147
22	Bessemer City Middle	Bessemer City, NC	Gaston County Schools	497	27.4%	136
23	Robinson Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	420	30.7%	129
24	Ida Rankin Elementary School	Mount Holly, NC	Gaston County Schools	533	24.0%	128
25	Bessemer City Primary	Bessemer City, NC	Gaston County Schools	445	28.3%	126
26	W A Bess Elementary School	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	674	17.9%	121
27	South Point High	Belmont, NC	Gaston County Schools	989	12.0%	119
28	East Gaston High	Mount Holly, NC	Gaston County Schools	917	12.8%	117
29	Mount Holly Middle	Mount Holly, NC	Gaston County Schools	570	20.2%	115
30	Warlick Academy	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	175	54.3%	95
31	Bessemer City Central Elem	Bessemer City, NC	Gaston County Schools	392	23.7%	93
32	Stanley Middle	Stanley, NC	Gaston County Schools	602	14.4%	87
33	Belmont Middle	Belmont, NC	Gaston County Schools	770	10.9%	84
34	Hawks Nest STEAM Academy	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	356	23.0%	82
35	Highland Sch of Technology	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	538	15.1%	81
36	Lowell Elementary	Lowell, NC	Gaston County Schools	367	19.6%	72
37	Belmont Central Elementary	Belmont, NC	Gaston County Schools	693	10.0%	69
38	Costner Elementary	Dallas, NC	Gaston County Schools	430	15.3%	66
39	Pinewood Elementary	Mount Holly, NC	Gaston County Schools	508	12.8%	65
40	Springfield Primary	Stanley, NC	Gaston County Schools	352	17.1%	60
41	New Hope Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	571	10.5%	60
42	Cherryville High	Cherryville, NC	Gaston County Schools	484	11.6%	56
43	Kiser Elementary	Stanley, NC	Gaston County Schools	328	13.7%	45
44	Webb Street School	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	163	26.4%	43
45	John Chavis Middle School	Cherryville, NC	Gaston County Schools	412	9.2%	38
46	Chapel Grove Elementary	Gastonia, NC	Gaston County Schools	382	9.7%	37
47	J B Page Primary School	Belmont, NC	Gaston County Schools	396	9.3%	37
48	Gaston Early College of Medical Sciences	Dallas, NC	Gaston County Schools	174	19.0%	33
49	Gaston Early College High School	Dallas, NC	Gaston County Schools	235	13.6%	32
50	McAdenville Elementary	McAdenville, NC	Gaston County Schools	190	16.3%	31

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