Pinewood Elementary

Pinewood Elementary, a mid-tier primary school in Mount Holly, North Carolina, run under Gaston County Schools, hosts 508 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Gaston County Schools comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 30,995 students; Pinewood Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Pinewood Elementary lists that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Gaston County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Gaston County (around 85%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pinewood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Gaston County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,478 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Gaston County runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,898 students), of which Pinewood Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: River Oaks Academy, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Pinewood Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pinewood Elementary has shrank 7%, going from 548 students in 2018 to 508 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 68% to 53%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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