Enrollment
238
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370162000671
Catawba Heights Elementary
101 Ivey Street, Belmont, NC 28012 · (704) 836-9119 · Gaston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL238 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
235 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
65%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
51.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
62.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 Catawba Heights Elementary
Catawba Heights Elementary's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catawba Heights Elementary this school | 238 | 98.7% | 57.4% |
| Flat Rock Elementary Mount Airy | 217 | 98.6% | 42.2% |
| Jonesville Elementary Jonesville | 268 | 98.9% | 48.4% |
| Scotts Elementary Statesville | 283 | 98.9% | 53.6% |
| Page Street Elementary Troy | 248 | 98.8% | 48.4% |
| Union Elementary Wingate | 296 | 99.0% | 65.8% |
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 Catawba Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Gaston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #586 of 1,297 | #10 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #549 of 1,296 | #10 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #555 of 1,300 | #10 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 238 | #1,311 of 1,485 | #29 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #87 of 1,377 | #2 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #490 of 1,379 | #14 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #769 of 1,414 | #22 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.8% | #62 of 937 | #2 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
238
-50 (-17%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 323
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 238 | 19.9 | 12.0:1 | 99% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 253 | 21.2 | 11.9:1 | 99% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 20.3 | 12.8:1 | 67% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 49% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 20.4 | 17.4:1 | 60% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 20 | 17.5:1 | 66% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 344 | 18 | 19.1:1 | 67% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 18 | 18.6:1 | 42% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 323 | 19 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Catawba Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (354 to 238); teachers down 2% (20.4 to 19.9).
About Catawba Heights Elementary
Catawba Heights Elementary runs as a small elementary school in Belmont, North Carolina. It teaches 238 students in pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll about 467 students on average.
Gaston County Schools enrolls 30,995 students in 56 schools, including Catawba Heights Elementary.
Of every 100 students at Catawba Heights Elementary, about 50 are White. Other reported shares: 29% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Gaston County's residents are about 68% White, 18 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Catawba Heights Elementary scores 65%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.0:1. The school has 19.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. In all, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 85% average for public schools in Gaston County.
Catawba Heights Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Test results at Catawba Heights Elementary are 8.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (57.4% actual, 48.7% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Gaston County show that median household income comes to 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%. Gaston County counts 61 public schools with about 35,898 students.
North Belmont Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Catawba Heights Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Catawba Heights Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 57.4% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
Catawba Heights Elementary falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 238, from 288 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 14.4:1 to 12.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for Catawba Heights Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Belmont
- South Point HighHigh · 989 students
- Stuart W Cramer HighHigh · 953 students
- Belmont MiddleMiddle · 770 students
- Belmont Central ElementaryElementary · 693 students
- J B Page Primary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- North Belmont ElementaryElementary · 371 students
Nearby schools
- North Belmont Elementary0.7 mi · 371
- Mount Holly Middle1.8 mi · 570
- Ida Rankin Elementary School1.9 mi · 533
- Stuart W Cramer High2.4 mi · 953
- Belmont Central Elementary2.4 mi · 693
- Whitewater Middle2.6 mi · 731
Frequently asked questions
About Catawba Heights ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Catawba Heights Elementary?
Catawba Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 238 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Catawba Heights Elementary serve?
Catawba Heights Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Catawba Heights Elementary have?
Catawba Heights Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Catawba Heights Elementary?
At Catawba Heights Elementary, the student body is approximately 50% White, 29% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Catawba Heights Elementary public or private?
Catawba Heights Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gaston County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.