Woodhill Elementary

Woodhill Elementary is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in Gastonia, North Carolina, part of Gaston County Schools, with 577 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 24% bigger than typical.

Woodhill Elementary is one of 56 schools operated by Gaston County Schools, a district that serves 30,995 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Woodhill Elementary records that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 32% Hispanic, 8% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Woodhill Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Gaston County's rate of about 85%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Woodhill Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.5%; actual is 25.0%, a gap of -23.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Gaston County put the typical household earns roughly $67,478 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Gaston County runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,898 students), of which Woodhill Elementary is one.

Ridgeview Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodhill Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodhill Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Woodhill Elementary's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 618 (now 577). Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 32% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.