W B Beam Intermediate School

W B Beam Intermediate School operates as a cozy elementary-level community in Cherryville, North Carolina, part of Gaston County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 191 students spanning grades 4 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 59% below typical.

Within Gaston County Schools, which oversees 56 schools and 30,995 students, W B Beam Intermediate School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, W B Beam Intermediate School logs that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Gaston County's rate of about 85%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, W B Beam Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.8%, the actual is 56.8%, a residual of +8.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Gaston County put the typical household earns roughly $67,478 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 W B Beam Intermediate School is one.

The closest other public school is Cherryville Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), W B Beam Intermediate School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.0%.

W B Beam Intermediate School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 193 students in 2018 compared to 191 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for W B Beam Intermediate School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.