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The most racially diverse public schools in Gaston County, North Carolina

52 public schools in Gaston County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Gardner Park Elementary leads the list at 71.4%, against a median of 64.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Gaston County, North Carolina

Top Diversity index

71.4%

Median Diversity index

64.5%

MOST DIVERSE · GASTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Gardner Park Elementary	Gastonia, NC	560	71.4%	22.5%(126)	33.2%(186)	34.5%(193)	1.8%(10)
2	Brookside Elementary	Gastonia, NC	512	71.3%	33.4%(171)	31.6%(162)	26.8%(137)	1.0%(5)
3	Holbrook Middle	Lowell, NC	712	71.1%	34.0%(242)	30.5%(217)	27.7%(197)	1.3%(9)
4	Bessemer City Primary	Bessemer City, NC	445	71.0%	38.0%(169)	28.3%(126)	23.8%(106)	0.5%(2)
5	Bessemer City Central Elem	Bessemer City, NC	392	70.6%	40.6%(159)	23.7%(93)	25.0%(98)	0.5%(2)
6	Southwest Middle	Gastonia, NC	832	70.0%	22.5%(187)	33.6%(280)	36.3%(302)	0.6%(5)
7	Carr Elementary	Dallas, NC	665	69.8%	41.5%(276)	26.8%(178)	23.3%(155)	1.5%(10)
8	Bessemer City Middle	Bessemer City, NC	497	69.4%	41.3%(205)	27.4%(136)	23.7%(118)	0.4%(2)
9	Sherwood Elementary	Gastonia, NC	553	69.2%	15.6%(86)	43.2%(239)	29.7%(164)	2.0%(11)
10	North Gaston High	Dallas, NC	1,061	68.4%	44.1%(468)	27.0%(286)	21.3%(226)	1.1%(12)
11	Lowell Elementary	Lowell, NC	367	68.2%	48.2%(177)	19.6%(72)	20.2%(74)	5.5%(20)
12	H H Beam Elementary	Gastonia, NC	591	68.1%	20.6%(122)	29.4%(174)	43.1%(255)	0.5%(3)
13	Bessemer City High	Bessemer City, NC	590	68.1%	43.9%(259)	25.1%(148)	24.4%(144)	0.3%(2)
14	Forestview High	Gastonia, NC	1,133	68.1%	45.5%(515)	24.9%(282)	21.8%(247)	2.4%(27)
15	Robinson Elementary	Gastonia, NC	420	67.9%	44.0%(185)	30.7%(129)	16.7%(70)	1.7%(7)
16	W C Friday Middle School	Dallas, NC	618	67.6%	47.3%(292)	23.8%(147)	19.4%(120)	1.1%(7)
17	Ashbrook High	Gastonia, NC	1,386	67.4%	17.8%(247)	45.1%(625)	29.5%(409)	1.8%(25)
18	Pleasant Ridge Elementary	Gastonia, NC	887	67.4%	16.9%(150)	43.7%(388)	31.8%(282)	0.8%(7)
19	Mount Holly Middle	Mount Holly, NC	570	67.4%	49.3%(281)	20.2%(115)	18.6%(106)	3.3%(19)
20	W A Bess Elementary School	Gastonia, NC	674	66.9%	51.2%(345)	17.9%(121)	16.2%(109)	8.3%(56)
21	Hunter Huss High	Gastonia, NC	1,165	66.9%	18.4%(214)	41.9%(488)	34.6%(403)	0.3%(3)
22	Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School	Gastonia, NC	374	66.8%	15.0%(56)	42.0%(157)	36.1%(135)	1.3%(5)
23	Ida Rankin Elementary School	Mount Holly, NC	533	65.8%	49.9%(266)	24.0%(128)	17.1%(91)	0.9%(5)
24	York Chester Middle	Gastonia, NC	398	65.0%	18.1%(72)	47.2%(188)	30.4%(121)	0.0%(0)
25	Catawba Heights Elementary	Belmont, NC	238	64.7%	50.4%(120)	9.7%(23)	28.6%(68)	2.9%(7)
26	North Belmont Elementary	Belmont, NC	371	64.6%	46.4%(172)	7.8%(29)	35.9%(133)	4.6%(17)
27	Pinewood Elementary	Mount Holly, NC	508	64.5%	53.4%(271)	12.8%(65)	21.5%(109)	4.1%(21)
28	Stuart W Cramer High	Belmont, NC	953	63.0%	54.8%(522)	20.3%(193)	15.7%(150)	2.8%(27)
29	Springfield Primary	Stanley, NC	352	62.6%	55.4%(195)	17.1%(60)	18.5%(65)	3.1%(11)
30	Gaston Early College High School	Dallas, NC	235	62.3%	55.7%(131)	13.6%(32)	20.4%(48)	3.0%(7)
31	Chapel Grove Elementary	Gastonia, NC	382	62.2%	52.6%(201)	9.7%(37)	29.3%(112)	0.8%(3)
32	W P Grier Middle School	Gastonia, NC	659	62.2%	9.6%(63)	52.8%(348)	29.1%(192)	1.4%(9)
33	Lingerfeldt Elementary	Gastonia, NC	450	61.3%	10.9%(49)	54.9%(247)	26.4%(119)	0.7%(3)
34	Hawks Nest STEAM Academy	Gastonia, NC	356	60.4%	57.3%(204)	23.0%(82)	10.1%(36)	4.2%(15)
35	Woodhill Elementary	Gastonia, NC	577	60.2%	8.2%(47)	53.5%(309)	31.9%(184)	1.0%(6)
36	Kiser Elementary	Stanley, NC	328	58.9%	59.5%(195)	13.7%(45)	18.3%(60)	1.2%(4)
37	Stanley Middle	Stanley, NC	602	58.9%	59.3%(357)	14.4%(87)	18.6%(112)	1.2%(7)
38	Highland Sch of Technology	Gastonia, NC	538	58.3%	60.8%(327)	15.1%(81)	13.9%(75)	5.8%(31)
39	Cramerton Middle	Cramerton, NC	959	58.0%	61.2%(587)	16.1%(154)	12.2%(117)	4.6%(44)
40	East Gaston High	Mount Holly, NC	917	56.5%	61.4%(563)	12.8%(117)	19.7%(181)	1.0%(9)
41	Belmont Middle	Belmont, NC	770	53.1%	65.5%(504)	10.9%(84)	15.8%(122)	2.3%(18)
42	Costner Elementary	Dallas, NC	430	53.1%	64.9%(279)	15.3%(66)	15.1%(65)	0.5%(2)
43	South Point High	Belmont, NC	989	51.2%	67.3%(666)	12.0%(119)	12.9%(128)	3.2%(32)
44	Tryon Elementary	Bessemer City, NC	336	50.1%	68.2%(229)	8.6%(29)	14.6%(49)	0.6%(2)
45	J B Page Primary School	Belmont, NC	396	47.2%	71.0%(281)	9.3%(37)	10.6%(42)	3.5%(14)
46	New Hope Elementary	Gastonia, NC	571	47.2%	70.9%(405)	10.5%(60)	10.3%(59)	3.1%(18)
47	Belmont Central Elementary	Belmont, NC	693	46.8%	71.0%(492)	10.0%(69)	12.7%(88)	2.5%(17)
48	John Chavis Middle School	Cherryville, NC	412	45.4%	71.8%(296)	9.2%(38)	13.6%(56)	0.0%(0)
49	Cherryville High	Cherryville, NC	484	45.0%	72.1%(349)	11.6%(56)	12.4%(60)	0.6%(3)
50	Ridgeview Charter School	Gastonia, NC	300	44.6%	4.3%	72.3%	14.7%	0.0%

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