North Gaston High

North Gaston High is a four-year high school of average-sized scale in Dallas, North Carolina, overseen by Gaston County Schools, instructing 1,061 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 39% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

Gaston County Schools runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 30,995 students. North Gaston High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, North Gaston High lists that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 27% Black, 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Gaston County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, North Gaston High reports 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Gaston County's rate of about 85%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), North Gaston High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 32.3%.

Across the wider 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. In all, Gaston County runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,898 students), of which North Gaston High is one.

W C Friday Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Gaston High. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Gaston High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. North Gaston High's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,121 (now 1,061). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 69% to 44% over that span.

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