Lingerfeldt Elementary

Lingerfeldt Elementary is one of the medium-sized primary schools in Gastonia, North Carolina, overseen by Gaston County Schools, with 450 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, Lingerfeldt Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 26% Hispanic, 11% White, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lingerfeldt Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 99% 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lingerfeldt Elementary is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.5%; Lingerfeldt Elementary posts 27.4%, -21.1 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, Gaston County reports that median household income runs about $67,478, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Lingerfeldt Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hunter Huss High, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lingerfeldt Elementary at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 33.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Lingerfeldt Elementary's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 442 (now 450). Over the same period, the White share fell from 21% to 11%. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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