KIPP Gaston College Preparatory

KIPP Gaston College Preparatory runs as a large combined-grade school in Gaston, North Carolina. The school reports 1,143 students in kindergarten through 12. The school's enrollment is 56% bigger than the 731 average for combined schools in North Carolina.

In federal data, the district for KIPP Gaston College Preparatory is the school itself.

Black students make up 82% of enrollment at KIPP Gaston College Preparatory. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Northampton County is roughly 55% Black. The school's diversity index is 31%, meaning two students picked at random have a 31% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Staffing totals 74.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. That is lower than the 16.1:1 average for combined schools in North Carolina. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 99%. For comparison, public schools in Northampton County average 99%.

KIPP Gaston College Preparatory is located in Northampton County, where the median household income is $50,086, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. KIPP Gaston College Preparatory is one of 6 public schools in the county.

Nearby, Gaston STEM Leadership Academy is about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of KIPP Gaston College Preparatory, there are 7 other public schools.

The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant). It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.

The school enrolled 1,143 students in 2024-25, 156 fewer than the 1,299 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2020-21 to 15.3:1 in 2024-25.

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