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

30 public elementary schools in Gaston County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the public elementary schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Pleasant Ridge Elementary leads the list at 388, against a median of 77 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Gaston County, North Carolina

Top Black students

388

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · GASTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

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

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