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How has Woodhill Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
577
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370162000717
Woodhill Elementary
1027 Woodhill Drive, Gastonia, NC 28052 · (704) 866-6295 · Gaston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
574 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 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
60%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
20.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
27.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Woodhill Elementary
Woodhill Elementary's state test result (25.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodhill Elementary this school | 577 | 99.5% | 25.0% |
| Sandy Ridge Elementary Durham | 589 | 99.5% | 45.6% |
| Sumner Elementary Greensboro | 549 | 99.5% | 44.0% |
| Pactolus Greenville | 657 | 99.5% | 44.8% |
| Gibson Elementary Winston-Salem | 589 | 99.5% | 23.0% |
| Walnut Creek Elementary Raleigh | 574 | 99.5% | 32.7% |
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 Woodhill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Gaston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #1,281 of 1,297 | #27 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #1,269 of 1,296 | #26 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #1,281 of 1,300 | #27 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #402 of 1,485 | #6 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,148 of 1,377 | #24 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #700 of 1,379 | #21 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #175 of 1,414 | #5 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #729 of 937 | #17 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
577
+94 (+19%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 577 | 34.7 | 16.6:1 | 99% (574) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 35.8 | 14.1:1 | 99% (501) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 30.6 | 15.1:1 | 99% (459) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 99% (480) |
| 2017-18 | 618 | 33.4 | 18.5:1 | 99% (613) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 34 | 18.1:1 | 100% (611) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 29 | 12.7:1 | 90% (331) |
| 2000-01 | 414 | 38 | 10.9:1 | 93% (385) |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 43 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodhill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (618 to 577); teachers up 4% (33.4 to 34.7).
About Woodhill Elementary
Woodhill Elementary is a public elementary school in Gastonia, North Carolina. Enrollment is 577 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina, enrollment here is 24% higher.
Gaston County Schools is the local district for Woodhill Elementary. It runs 56 schools with 30,995 students.
Roughly 54% of students at Woodhill Elementary are Black. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 8% White, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Gaston County residents are about 18% Black. Woodhill Elementary's diversity index is 60%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 34.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.6:1. That is 1.8 students per teacher above the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Woodhill Elementary is 99%. For comparison, public schools in Gaston County average 85%.
Woodhill Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 25.0%, is 23.4 points below the 48.5% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
Within Gaston County, the median household income is $67,478, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Woodhill Elementary, Gaston County has 60 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Woodhill Elementary to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Ridgeview Charter School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 38.7%, higher than Woodhill Elementary's 25.0%.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has grown by 94 students since 2020-21, to 577. The number of students per teacher fell from 17.9 to 16.6 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Woodhill Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Gastonia
- Piedmont Community Charter SchoolCombined · 1,963 students
- Ashbrook HighHigh · 1,386 students
- Hunter Huss HighHigh · 1,165 students
- Forestview HighHigh · 1,133 students
- Pleasant Ridge ElementaryElementary · 887 students
- Southwest MiddleMiddle · 832 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgeview Charter School0.6 mi · 300
- Highland Sch of Technology0.6 mi · 538
- York Chester Middle1.7 mi · 398
- Brookside Elementary1.9 mi · 512
- Webb Street School2.0 mi · 163
- W P Grier Middle School2.3 mi · 659
Frequently asked questions
About Woodhill ElementaryHow many students attend Woodhill Elementary?
Woodhill Elementary enrolls approximately 577 students in grades PK-05.
Is Woodhill Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woodhill Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Woodhill Elementary have?
Woodhill Elementary employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Woodhill Elementary?
Student demographics at Woodhill Elementary are roughly 8% White, 32% Hispanic, 54% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Woodhill Elementary in?
Woodhill Elementary is part of Gaston County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.