Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370162000693
Kiser Elementary
311 E College Street, Stanley, NC 28164 · (704) 836-9105 · Gaston County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
17.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
325 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 86 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 38% |
Student demographics
59%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
41.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
49.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Kiser Elementary
Kiser Elementary's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiser Elementary this school | 328 | 99.1% | 47.1% |
| C C Wright Elementary School North Wilkesboro | 316 | 99.1% | 43.5% |
| Mangum Elementary Bahama | 315 | 99.0% | 75.4% |
| Norwood Elementary Norwood | 354 | 99.2% | 56.9% |
| Troy Elementary Troy | 291 | 99.0% | N/A |
| Springfield Primary Stanley | 352 | 99.1% | N/A |
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 Kiser Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Gaston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #896 of 1,297 | #15 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #911 of 1,296 | #16 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #910 of 1,300 | #15 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #1,120 of 1,485 | #27 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,233 of 1,377 | #28 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #739 of 1,379 | #22 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #601 of 1,414 | #19 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #196 of 937 | #4 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
328
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 328 | 19.1 | 17.1:1 | 99% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 19.7 | 17.1:1 | 99% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 21 | 15.7:1 | 66% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | 21 | 15.7:1 | 48% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 22 | 19.5:1 | 56% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 21 | 20.6:1 | 59% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 58% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 31% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 569 | 36 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kiser Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (428 to 328); teachers down 13% (22 to 19.1).
About Kiser Elementary
Kiser Elementary is a small elementary school. Its address is in Stanley, North Carolina. The school runs grades 3 through 5 and enrolls 328 students. By comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll about 467 students on average.
Across its 56 schools, Gaston County Schools enrolls 30,995 students. Kiser Elementary is one of those schools.
White students are 59% of those enrolled at Kiser Elementary. The rest of enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Gaston County's population at about 68%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
With 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Roughly 99% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Gaston County report 85%.
On the allk12 Grade, Kiser Elementary lands at C, ahead of 32% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.6% for Kiser Elementary. The school posts 47.1%, 1.5 points below the prediction.
For the population of Gaston County, the median household earns about $67,478 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Gaston County, 61 public schools serve about 35,898 students.
About 0.8 miles separate Kiser Elementary from the closest public school, Stanley Middle. The five-mile area around Kiser Elementary holds 4 other public schools. Nearby schools average 48.8% on proficiency, and Kiser Elementary is below that at 47.1%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
Federal data show 330 students in 2020-21 and 328 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The ratio was 15.7:1 in 2020-21 and 17.1:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Kiser Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Stanley
- Community Charter SchoolCombined · 858 students
- Stanley MiddleMiddle · 602 students
- Springfield PrimaryElementary · 352 students
Other Kiser Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Kiser Elementary. Kiser Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Kiser Elementary SchoolGILA BEND, AZ · 119 students
- KISER ELEMENTARYCLAYTON, NM · 63 students
Nearby schools
- Stanley Middle0.8 mi · 602
- Community Charter School0.8 mi · 858
- Springfield Primary1.0 mi · 352
- East Gaston High3.3 mi · 917
- North Gaston High5.2 mi · 1,061
- W C Friday Middle School5.5 mi · 618
Frequently asked questions
About Kiser ElementaryHow many students attend Kiser Elementary?
Kiser Elementary enrolls approximately 328 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Kiser Elementary serve?
Kiser Elementary serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kiser Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kiser Elementary is approximately 17.1:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kiser Elementary?
At Kiser Elementary, the student body is approximately 59% White, 18% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Kiser Elementary public or private?
Kiser Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gaston County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.