Gaston Virtual Academy

Gaston Virtual Academy, a rural-scale unified-grade school in Gastonia, North Carolina, part of Gaston County Schools, serves 283 students, covering grades K through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 731 students each, so Gaston Virtual Academy sits 61% below that benchmark.

Gaston County Schools runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 30,995 students. Gaston Virtual Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gaston Virtual Academy reports that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 29% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Gaston County (around 85%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Zooming out to the county, Gaston County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,478, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Gaston County runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,898 students), of which Gaston Virtual Academy is one.

Hunter Huss High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gaston Virtual Academy.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. Gaston Virtual Academy delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gaston Virtual Academy has ticked up 988%, going from 26 students in 2018 to 283 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 73% to 54% over that span.

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