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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370162000695
Lingerfeldt Elementary
1601 Madison Street, Gastonia, NC 28052 · (704) 866-6094 · Gaston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% 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
16.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
447 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 | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
61%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
21.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
30.7%
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 31 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% 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 Lingerfeldt Elementary
Lingerfeldt Elementary's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lingerfeldt Elementary this school | 450 | 99.3% | 27.4% |
| Montclair Elementary Fayetteville | 433 | 99.3% | 46.9% |
| West Oxford Elementary Oxford | 520 | 97.5% | 37.8% |
| W H Knuckles Lumberton | 382 | 99.2% | 36.8% |
| Bolton Elementary Winston Salem | 380 | 99.2% | 46.7% |
| N B Mills Elementary Statesville | 378 | 99.2% | 24.9% |
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 Lingerfeldt Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Gaston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #1,266 of 1,297 | #25 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #1,247 of 1,296 | #24 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #1,277 of 1,300 | #25 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #751 of 1,485 | #13 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,132 of 1,377 | #23 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #654 of 1,379 | #19 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #357 of 1,414 | #9 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #331 of 369 | #6 of 6 |
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
450
+84 (+23%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 450 | 27.2 | 16.5:1 | 99% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 29.1 | 14.1:1 | 99% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 29.6 | 13.8:1 | 99% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 99% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 29.3 | 15.1:1 | 99% (439) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 30 | 15.0:1 | 99% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | 32 | 18.7:1 | 66% (393) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 73% (304) |
| 1990-91 | 506 | 30 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lingerfeldt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (442 to 450); teachers down 7% (29.3 to 27.2).
About Lingerfeldt Elementary
Lingerfeldt Elementary is a public mid-sized elementary school in Gastonia, North Carolina. It teaches 450 students in pre-K through 5.
The 56 schools of Gaston County Schools, including Lingerfeldt Elementary, enroll 30,995 students.
At Lingerfeldt Elementary, 55% of students are Black. The remaining students are 26% Hispanic, 11% White, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Gaston County is about 18% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. The school has 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 16.5:1 compares with an average of 14.9:1 for elementary schools in North Carolina. Federal data show 99% of students (447) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 85% average for public schools in Gaston County.
Lingerfeldt Elementary holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 2% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
In North Carolina, Lingerfeldt Elementary is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.4% compared with a predicted 48.5%.
Looking at the county, Gaston County, the median household earns about $67,478 a year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Gaston County has 61 public schools with about 35,898 students, including Lingerfeldt Elementary.
Hunter Huss High is about 0.8 miles from Lingerfeldt Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Lingerfeldt Elementary is 4th among 6 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 366 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 450 by 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 13.1:1 to 16.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- Hunter Huss High0.8 mi · 1,165
- Pleasant Ridge Elementary1.0 mi · 887
- York Chester Middle1.0 mi · 398
- Southwest Middle1.1 mi · 832
- H H Beam Elementary1.3 mi · 591
- Webb Street School2.0 mi · 163
Frequently asked questions
About Lingerfeldt ElementaryHow many students attend Lingerfeldt Elementary?
Lingerfeldt Elementary enrolls approximately 450 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lingerfeldt Elementary serve?
Lingerfeldt Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lingerfeldt Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lingerfeldt Elementary is approximately 16.5:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lingerfeldt Elementary?
At Lingerfeldt Elementary, the student body is approximately 11% White, 26% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lingerfeldt Elementary?
Lingerfeldt 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.