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Enrollment
591
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370162000710
H H Beam Elementary
200 Davis Park Road, Gastonia, NC 28052 · (704) 866-6618 · Gaston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL591 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
15.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
588 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 | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
68%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
20.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
23.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 H H Beam Elementary
H H Beam Elementary's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| H H Beam Elementary this school | 591 | 99.5% | 25.2% |
| Kernersville Elementary Kernersville | 568 | 99.5% | 50.5% |
| Sunset Avenue Elementary Clinton | 649 | 99.5% | 53.9% |
| South Graham Elementary Graham | 518 | 99.4% | 38.7% |
| GW Carver Elementary Kannapolis | 503 | 99.0% | 43.5% |
| Hillandale Elementary Durham | 586 | 99.5% | 35.9% |
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 H H Beam Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Gaston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #1,280 of 1,297 | #26 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #1,284 of 1,296 | #27 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #1,280 of 1,300 | #26 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #371 of 1,485 | #5 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #760 of 1,377 | #16 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #304 of 1,379 | #8 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #158 of 1,414 | #4 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #322 of 937 | #6 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
591
+57 (+11%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 516
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 591 | 39.3 | 15.0:1 | 99% (588) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | 27.3 | 20.8:1 | 99% (566) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 27 | 18.9:1 | 99% (507) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 99% (531) |
| 2017-18 | 723 | 39.5 | 18.3:1 | 98% (711) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 99% (585) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 41 | 15.4:1 | 86% (542) |
| 2000-01 | 698 | 43 | 16.2:1 | 53% (367) |
| 1990-91 | 516 | 37 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for H H Beam Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (723 to 591); teachers unchanged (39.5 to 39.3).
About H H Beam Elementary
H H Beam Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Gastonia, North Carolina, (ZIP code 28052). A federal count lists 591 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in North Carolina) has about 467 students.
The 56 schools in Gaston County Schools enroll 30,995 students altogether, H H Beam Elementary among them.
H H Beam Elementary has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 43%. The remaining students are 29% Black, 21% White, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Gaston County, the Hispanic share is about 10%. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at H H Beam Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.0:1. That is close to the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The lunch program counts 99% of students at H H Beam Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Gaston County average 85%.
H H Beam Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 48.5% for H H Beam Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 25.2%. The 23.3-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
Census estimates describe Gaston County this way: the median household income is $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%. In all, Gaston County has 61 public schools and roughly 35,898 students.
The shortest distance from H H Beam Elementary to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Southwest Middle. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, H H Beam Elementary is 7th among 8 schools close by.
The NCES locale for H H Beam Elementary is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
H H Beam Elementary's enrollment climbed from 534 in 2020-21 to 591 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 17.2:1 to 15.0:1.
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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
- Southwest Middle0.6 mi · 832
- Hunter Huss High1.2 mi · 1,165
- Lingerfeldt Elementary1.3 mi · 450
- Pleasant Ridge Elementary1.9 mi · 887
- Gaston Virtual Academy2.1 mi · 283
- Robinson Elementary2.2 mi · 420
Frequently asked questions
About H H Beam ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at H H Beam Elementary?
H H Beam Elementary enrolls approximately 591 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does H H Beam Elementary serve?
H H Beam Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at H H Beam Elementary?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at H H Beam Elementary.
How diverse is H H Beam Elementary?
H H Beam Elementary reports a student body of 21% White, 43% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees H H Beam Elementary?
H H Beam Elementary is overseen by Gaston County Schools in Gaston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.