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Enrollment
560
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370162000683
Gardner Park Elementary
738 Armstrong Park Road, Gastonia, NC 28054 · (704) 866-6082 · Gaston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
557 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
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
34.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
39.6%
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 40 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Gardner Park Elementary
Gardner Park Elementary's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner Park Elementary this school | 560 | 99.5% | 40.7% |
| Vandora Springs Elementary Garner | 582 | 99.5% | 60.8% |
| Third Creek Elementary Statesville | 526 | 99.2% | 32.4% |
| Rama Road Elementary Charlotte | 560 | 99.5% | 50.4% |
| Rocky River Elementary Concord | 652 | 99.5% | 58.5% |
| East Iredell Elementary Statesville | 663 | 99.5% | 38.3% |
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 Gardner Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Gaston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #1,082 of 1,297 | #20 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #1,143 of 1,296 | #20 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #1,091 of 1,300 | #20 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #435 of 1,485 | #8 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #593 of 1,377 | #11 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #115 of 1,379 | #1 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #190 of 1,414 | #6 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #569 of 937 | #13 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
560
+44 (+9%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 560 | 38.7 | 14.5:1 | 99% (557) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 40.3 | 13.6:1 | 99% (546) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 38.5 | 13.5:1 | 99% (518) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | 38 | 13.6:1 | 99% (512) |
| 2017-18 | 627 | 35.8 | 17.5:1 | 100% (624) |
| 2015-16 | 671 | 38 | 17.7:1 | 100% (668) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 68% (403) |
| 2000-01 | 692 | 39 | 17.7:1 | 31% (214) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 39 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gardner Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (627 to 560); teachers up 8% (35.8 to 38.7).
About Gardner Park Elementary
At 738 Armstrong Park Road in Gastonia, North Carolina, Gardner Park Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 560 students across pre-K through 5.
District-wide, Gaston County Schools has 56 schools and 30,995 students.
Hispanic students make up 34% of enrollment at Gardner Park Elementary, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 33% Black, 23% White, and 8% multiracial. In Gaston County overall, about 10% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Gardner Park Elementary are from different groups.
Staffing at Gardner Park Elementary comes to 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.5:1. It is about the same as the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 85% average for public schools in Gaston County.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Gardner Park Elementary outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Gardner Park Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.7%, compared with a predicted 48.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Gaston County show the median household earns about $67,478 a year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Gardner Park Elementary, Gaston County has 61 public schools.
Ashbrook High is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Gardner Park Elementary's average proficiency of 40.7% compares with 44.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Gardner Park Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Enrollment increased by 9% across 4 years, from 516 in 2020-21 to 560 in 2024-25.
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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 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
Nearby schools
- Ashbrook High0.6 mi · 1,386
- Sherwood Elementary1.2 mi · 553
- W P Grier Middle School1.3 mi · 659
- Holbrook Middle1.9 mi · 712
- Piedmont Community Charter School1.9 mi · 1,963
- Warlick Academy2.2 mi · 175
Frequently asked questions
About Gardner Park ElementaryHow large is Gardner Park Elementary?
Gardner Park Elementary enrolls approximately 560 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Gardner Park Elementary serve?
Gardner Park Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gardner Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gardner Park Elementary is approximately 14.5:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Gardner Park Elementary?
Gardner Park Elementary reports a student body of 23% White, 34% Hispanic, 33% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Gardner Park Elementary in?
Gardner Park Elementary is part of Gaston County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.