Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School

Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Gastonia, North Carolina, run under Gaston County Schools, caters to 374 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Gaston County Schools, which oversees 56 schools and 30,995 students, Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Black at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 36% Hispanic, 15% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Gaston County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Gaston County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 32.6%, a residual of -16.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Gaston County) logs that median household earnings sit near $67,478, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School is one of 61 public schools in Gaston County (combined enrollment of about 35,898 students).

Gaston Virtual Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 32.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 443 (now 374). White enrollment moved from 23% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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