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Which teacher or staff member at Hunter Huss High deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,165
High
DISTRICT 754 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370162000691
Hunter Huss High
1518 Edgefield Avenue, Gastonia, NC 28052 · (704) 866-6610 · Gaston County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,165 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of North Carolina public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,162 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 321 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 331 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 263 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 250 | 21% |
Student demographics
67%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
23.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
30.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
24.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.9pp
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 Hunter Huss High
Hunter Huss High's state test result (24.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Huss High this school | 1,165 | 99.7% | 24.5% |
| Salisbury High Salisbury | 930 | 99.7% | 26.4% |
| Ashbrook High Gastonia | 1,386 | 99.8% | 30.6% |
| Statesville High Statesville | 991 | 99.7% | 24.8% |
| Northern High Durham | 1,281 | 99.8% | 30.3% |
| Clinton High Clinton | 828 | 99.6% | 34.7% |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Hunter Huss High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Gaston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #434 of 468 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #279 of 464 | #6 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #443 of 448 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,165 | #145 of 598 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #258 of 473 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #139 of 474 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #46 of 527 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #142 of 164 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,165
+107 (+10%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 1,368
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 1,165 | 61.5 | 18.9:1 | 100% (1,162) |
| 2023-24 | 1,134 | 53.5 | 21.2:1 | 99% (1,121) |
| 2022-23 | 1,120 | 46.5 | 24.1:1 | 80% (893) |
| 2020-21 | 1,058 | 67 | 15.8:1 | 61% (645) |
| 2017-18 | 1,135 | 71.7 | 15.8:1 | 70% (800) |
| 2015-16 | 1,135 | 70 | 16.2:1 | 76% (862) |
| 2010-11 | 1,072 | 66 | 16.2:1 | 72% (768) |
| 2000-01 | 1,065 | 84 | 12.7:1 | 29% (310) |
| 1990-91 | 1,368 | 80 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hunter Huss High.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,135 to 1,165); teachers down 14% (71.7 to 61.5).
About Hunter Huss High
Hunter Huss High is a large high school that serves part of Gastonia, North Carolina. In all, 1,165 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That is 53% larger than the average of about 761 students for high schools in North Carolina.
Hunter Huss High sits within Gaston County Schools, which has 56 schools and 30,995 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Hunter Huss High is Black, with 42% of students. Next come 35% Hispanic, 18% White, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 18% Black. The diversity index for Hunter Huss High is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 61.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1. The 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body. It compares with 85% for public schools in Gaston County.
Among North Carolina public high schools, Hunter Huss High outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
After accounting for student poverty, Hunter Huss High is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 24.5% is 23.9 points below the 48.4% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, Gaston County, the median household earns about $67,478 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Gaston County has 61 public schools with about 35,898 students, including Hunter Huss High.
Southwest Middle sits about 0.7 miles from Hunter Huss High. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Hunter Huss High places 6th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 1,058 (2020-21) to 1,165 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 18.9:1, from 15.8:1.
Hunter Huss High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Forestview HighHigh · 1,133 students
- North Gaston HighHigh · 1,061 students
- South Point HighHigh · 989 students
- Cramerton MiddleMiddle · 959 students
- Stuart W Cramer HighHigh · 953 students
Other schools in Gastonia
- Piedmont Community Charter SchoolCombined · 1,963 students
- Ashbrook HighHigh · 1,386 students
- Forestview HighHigh · 1,133 students
- Pleasant Ridge ElementaryElementary · 887 students
- Southwest MiddleMiddle · 832 students
- W A Bess Elementary SchoolElementary · 674 students
Nearby schools
- Southwest Middle0.7 mi · 832
- Pleasant Ridge Elementary0.7 mi · 887
- Lingerfeldt Elementary0.8 mi · 450
- H H Beam Elementary1.2 mi · 591
- Gaston Virtual Academy1.3 mi · 283
- York Chester Middle1.3 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About Hunter Huss HighHow large is Hunter Huss High?
Hunter Huss High enrolls approximately 1,165 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Hunter Huss High serve?
Hunter Huss High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Hunter Huss High have?
Hunter Huss High employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
How diverse is Hunter Huss High?
Hunter Huss High reports a student body of 18% White, 35% Hispanic, 42% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Hunter Huss High in?
Hunter Huss High is part of Gaston County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.