Hawks Nest STEAM Academy

Hawks Nest STEAM Academy operates as a modestly sized elementary campus in Gastonia, North Carolina, one of the schools within Gaston County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 356 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Hawks Nest STEAM Academy sits 24% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 56 schools in Gaston County Schools (30,995 students total), Hawks Nest STEAM Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hawks Nest STEAM Academy records that White students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Gaston County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hawks Nest STEAM Academy has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Gaston County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hawks Nest STEAM Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.9%, the actual is 78.0%, a residual of +10.1 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Gaston County) logs that median household earnings sit near $67,478, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gaston County's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,898 students), Hawks Nest STEAM Academy is one campus in the mix.

Robinson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hawks Nest STEAM Academy comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Hawks Nest STEAM Academy's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 348 (now 356).

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Hawks Nest STEAM Academy community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.