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Does Brookside Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370162001107
Brookside Elementary
1925 Auten Rd., Gastonia, NC 28054 · (704) 866-6283 · Gaston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
506 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
71%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
32.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
38.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Brookside Elementary
Brookside Elementary's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside Elementary this school | 512 | 98.8% | 38.5% |
| Mount Energy Elementary Creedmoor | 515 | 99.4% | 46.9% |
| Green Elementary Raleigh | 534 | 98.9% | 53.1% |
| Malpass Corner Elementary Burgaw | 513 | 98.1% | 39.7% |
| Bessemer City Primary Bessemer City | 445 | 99.3% | N/A |
| Sandy Grove Elementary Lumber Bridge | 557 | 99.5% | 59.0% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary 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 Brookside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Gaston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #1,133 of 1,297 | #21 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #1,164 of 1,296 | #21 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #1,126 of 1,300 | #21 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #576 of 1,485 | #11 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #819 of 1,377 | #18 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #120 of 1,379 | #2 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #729 of 1,414 | #21 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #416 of 937 | #10 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
512
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 512 | 33.6 | 15.2:1 | 99% (506) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 34.6 | 14.6:1 | 99% (503) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 34.6 | 14.5:1 | 99% (499) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 99% (500) |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 34.8 | 17.2:1 | 100% (597) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 99% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 73% (473) |
| 2000-01 | 600 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 44% (262) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (600 to 512); teachers down 3% (34.8 to 33.6).
About Brookside Elementary
Located in Gastonia, North Carolina, Brookside Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 512 students enrolled.
Gaston County Schools includes 56 schools. Together they enroll 30,995 students.
No group is above 50% at Brookside Elementary; the largest is White, at 33%. It is also 32% Black, 27% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Gaston County's residents are about 68% White, 35 points above the school's share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
Brookside Elementary has 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. That is in line with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Brookside Elementary, 99% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 14 points above the 85% average for public schools in Gaston County.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Brookside Elementary outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Brookside Elementary is 10.2 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 38.5% actual, 48.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
In Gaston County, home to about 234,881 people, the median household earns about $67,478 a year, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Gaston County number 61, with about 35,898 students.
The closest school to Brookside Elementary is Warlick Academy, located about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Brookside Elementary is ahead of the 33.7% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 4.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 503 to 512.
People who know Brookside Elementary can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Gastonia
- Piedmont Community Charter SchoolCombined · 1,963 students
- Ashbrook HighHigh · 1,386 students
- Hunter Huss HighHigh · 1,165 students
- Forestview HighHigh · 1,133 students
- Pleasant Ridge ElementaryElementary · 887 students
- Southwest MiddleMiddle · 832 students
Other Brookside Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Brookside Elementary. Brookside Elementary is the 5th largest of the 18.
- Brookside ElementaryRAMSEY, MN · 779 students
- Brookside ElementaryBeaumont, CA · 691 students
- Brookside ElementaryOak Park, CA · 556 students
- Brookside Elementary SchoolNicholasville, KY · 515 students
- Brookside ElementaryDracut, MA · 487 students
Nearby schools
- Warlick Academy1.3 mi · 175
- Woodhill Elementary1.9 mi · 577
- Carr Elementary2.2 mi · 665
- Highland Sch of Technology2.4 mi · 538
- Ridgeview Charter School2.4 mi · 300
- Gaston Early College of Medical Sciences2.5 mi · 174
Frequently asked questions
About Brookside ElementaryHow large is Brookside Elementary?
Brookside Elementary enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Brookside Elementary serve?
Brookside Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Brookside Elementary have?
Brookside Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Brookside Elementary?
Student demographics at Brookside Elementary are roughly 33% White, 27% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Brookside Elementary in?
Brookside Elementary is part of Gaston County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.