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Enrollment
590
High
DISTRICT 754 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370162000668
Bessemer City High
119 Yellow Jacket Lane, Bessemer City, NC 28016 · (704) 836-9601 · Gaston County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of North Carolina public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
587 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 198 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 142 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 138 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 112 | 19% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
35.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
18.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bessemer City High
Bessemer City High's state test result (26.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bessemer City High this school | 590 | 99.5% | 26.7% |
| Walkertown High Walkertown | 662 | 99.5% | 26.8% |
| South Granville High Creedmoor | 706 | 97.2% | 38.3% |
| West Bladen High Bladenboro | 720 | 99.6% | 35.6% |
| Pender High Burgaw | 648 | 98.5% | 21.3% |
| John M Morehead High Eden | 771 | 99.6% | 32.8% |
Matched among North Carolina high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bessemer City High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Gaston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #421 of 468 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #400 of 464 | #9 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #411 of 448 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #316 of 598 | #8 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #237 of 473 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #104 of 474 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #128 of 527 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #148 of 277 | #2 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
590
+41 (+7%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 590 | 31.8 | 18.6:1 | 99% (587) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 31.6 | 17.4:1 | 99% (545) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 31.5 | 18.0:1 | 80% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 50% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 42.4 | 15.2:1 | 64% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 657 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 67% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 61% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 610 | 47 | 13.0:1 | 24% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 560 | 41 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bessemer City High.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (645 to 590); teachers down 25% (42.4 to 31.8).
About Bessemer City High
At 119 Yellow Jacket Lane in Bessemer City, North Carolina, Bessemer City High operates as a small high school. The school reports 590 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in North Carolina is about 761 students.
The Gaston County Schools system has 56 schools and 30,995 students.
White students are the largest group at Bessemer City High, with 44% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 25% Black, 24% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Gaston County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Bessemer City High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
Teachers at the school number 31.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.6:1. Among high schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 19.6:1. The school's lunch program data list 99% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Gaston County is 85%.
The allk12 Grade for Bessemer City High is D. Compared with North Carolina public high schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Bessemer City High is 48.5%. It actually posts 26.7%, which is 21.8 points lower and in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
Gaston County census figures show that median household income is about $67,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. A total of 61 public schools operate in Gaston County, serving about 35,898 students.
Nearby, Bessemer City Primary is about 0.4 miles away. Bessemer City High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 45.7% on proficiency, and Bessemer City High is below that at 26.7%.
The NCES locale for Bessemer City High is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The number of students climbed from 549 to 590 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 15.3:1 to 18.6:1.
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Gaston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
234,881
Census ACS
Median income
$67,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
35,898 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gaston County Schools
- Ashbrook HighHigh · 1,386 students
- Hunter Huss HighHigh · 1,165 students
- Forestview HighHigh · 1,133 students
- North Gaston HighHigh · 1,061 students
- South Point HighHigh · 989 students
- Cramerton MiddleMiddle · 959 students
Other schools in Bessemer City
- Bessemer City MiddleMiddle · 497 students
- Bessemer City PrimaryElementary · 445 students
- Bessemer City Central ElemElementary · 392 students
- Tryon ElementaryElementary · 336 students
Other Bessemer City High schools
One other US public school is named Bessemer City High. Bessemer City High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Bessemer City High SchoolBessemer, AL · 760 students
Nearby schools
- Bessemer City Primary0.4 mi · 445
- Bessemer City Central Elem0.4 mi · 392
- Bessemer City Middle2.0 mi · 497
- Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School2.9 mi · 374
- Costner Elementary3.7 mi · 430
- Tryon Elementary3.8 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Bessemer City HighHow many students attend Bessemer City High?
Bessemer City High enrolls approximately 590 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Bessemer City High serve?
Bessemer City High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bessemer City High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bessemer City High is approximately 18.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bessemer City High?
At Bessemer City High, the student body is approximately 44% White, 24% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Bessemer City High?
Bessemer City High is overseen by Gaston County Schools in Gaston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.