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What advice would you give to incoming students at Pinewood Elementary?
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Enrollment
508
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370162000704
Pinewood Elementary
1925 N Main Street, Mount Holly, NC 28120 · (704) 836-9138 · Gaston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
505 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 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
64%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
57.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
63.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Pinewood Elementary
Pinewood Elementary's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinewood Elementary this school | 508 | 99.4% | 63.8% |
| Murrayville Elementary Wilmington | 573 | 99.5% | 63.7% |
| Castle Hayne Elementary Castle Hayne | 531 | 99.4% | 65.6% |
| Cash Elementary Kernersville | 520 | 99.4% | 64.2% |
| Penderlea Elementary Willard | 468 | 99.4% | 47.5% |
| Celeste Henkel Elementary Statesville | 558 | 98.9% | 58.1% |
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 Pinewood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Gaston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #391 of 1,297 | #7 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #508 of 1,296 | #9 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #392 of 1,300 | #6 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #589 of 1,485 | #12 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #881 of 1,377 | #19 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #501 of 1,379 | #16 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #270 of 1,414 | #8 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #698 of 937 | #16 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
508
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 508 | 32.9 | 15.4:1 | 99% (505) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 29.3 | 16.3:1 | 99% (474) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 28.4 | 17.1:1 | 56% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 39% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 30.1 | 18.2:1 | 44% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 31 | 19.3:1 | 52% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 52% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 23 | 18.3:1 | 26% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 30 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pinewood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (548 to 508); teachers up 9% (30.1 to 32.9).
About Pinewood Elementary
Federal records list Pinewood Elementary as an elementary school in Mount Holly, North Carolina. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 508 students on the rolls.
The district, Gaston County Schools, has 30,995 students enrolled across 56 schools.
The share of White students at Pinewood Elementary is 53%, a majority. Smaller groups are 21% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Gaston County is roughly 68% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Pinewood Elementary has a ratio of 15.4:1. That is in line with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 99%. That is 14 points above the 85% average for public schools in Gaston County.
Pinewood Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 78% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Pinewood Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (63.8%) and its predicted rate (48.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
In Gaston County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $67,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 61 public schools and about 35,898 students.
About 1.8 miles separate Pinewood Elementary from the closest public school, River Oaks Academy. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Pinewood Elementary places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Pinewood Elementary as Suburb: Mid-size.
The school's student count rose 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. 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 Mount Holly
- East Gaston HighHigh · 917 students
- Mount Holly MiddleMiddle · 570 students
- Ida Rankin Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
Other Pinewood Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 10 states are named Pinewood Elementary. Pinewood Elementary is the 9th largest of the 17.
- Pinewood ElementaryCharlotte, NC · 521 students
- Pinewood ElementaryMONTICELLO, MN · 794 students
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLEAGLE LAKE, FL · 740 students
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTUART, FL · 658 students
- Pinewood ElementaryTimonium, MD · 598 students
Nearby schools
- River Oaks Academy1.8 mi · 555
- Mountain Island Charter School2.2 mi · 1,782
- Ida Rankin Elementary School2.5 mi · 533
- Mount Holly Middle2.6 mi · 570
- Whitewater Middle3.2 mi · 731
- Whitewater Academy3.2 mi · 832
Frequently asked questions
About Pinewood ElementaryHow large is Pinewood Elementary?
Pinewood Elementary enrolls approximately 508 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pinewood Elementary serve?
Pinewood Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pinewood Elementary?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Pinewood Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pinewood Elementary?
At Pinewood Elementary, the student body is approximately 53% White, 21% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Pinewood Elementary public or private?
Pinewood 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.