School Comparisons

Opportunity at Gaston schools

Every school has its advantages and weaknesses. The Gazette, using data from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, has organized each local non-charter public school by five criteria.

• How much of the student body serves out-of-school (OSS) and in-school (ISS) suspensions

• The number of students retained (RET) by repeating a grade

• The percentage of students who qualify for Academically or Intellectually Gifted (AIG) programs

• An overall (OVR) grade, a cumulative score based on the previous four categories.

In the table below, a lighter circle means the school is better off, and vice versa. To reassemble the rankings, click on any of the five categories. And to learn more about a specific school, click on its name for a customized page.

Worse

Better

Name OSS

Students suspended out of school

 ISS

Students suspended in school

 RET

Students repeating grades

 AIG

Students enrolled in AIG

 OVR

Overall student opportunity
Ashbrook High 9.26%
13.07%
3.67%
-10.10%
42
Belmont Cen. Elem. 0.83%
3.03%
0.28%
-22.07%
4
Belmont Middle 3.03%
12.28%
0.28%
-29.66%
8
Bessemer City Cen. Elem. 5.07%
10.14%
–
-1.88%
46
Bessemer City High 8.98%
10.20%
9.28%
-5.63%
49
Bessemer City Middle 10.92%
29.57%
0.38%
-4.33%
44
Bessemer City Primary 6.04%
2.29%
9.79%
-100%
45
Brookside Elem. 0.37%
2.93%
2.93%
-3.67%
18
Carr Elem. 3.87%
0.57%
0.86%
-3.74%
17
Catawba Heights Elem. 3.10%
4.51%
4.51%
-2.83%
38
Chapel Grove Elem. 2.65%
2.24%
1.63%
-1.84%
29
Cherryville Elem. 1.46%
4.61%
4.13%
-1.71%
35
Cherryville High 6.02%
0.38%
1.88%
-11.47%
19
Costner Elem. 2.12%
1.59%
2.48%
-5.15%
20
Cramerton Middle 3.96%
5.64%
0.00%
-26.75%
5
East Gaston High 4.63%
0.93%
3.81%
-10.43%
24
Edward Sadler Elem. 5.86%
19.53%
6.25%
-1.97%
53
Forest Heights Elem. 4.42%
14.25%
5.65%
-1.97%
48
Forestview High 4.69%
10.14%
3.35%
-18.02%
30
Gardner Park Elem. 2.72%
0.30%
0.60%
-2.42%
15
Gaston Early College High 0.99%
1.97%
0.00%
-27.09%
2
H.H. Beam Elem. 5.46%
12.97%
2.05%
-3.07%
42
Hawks Nest Intermediate 5.85%
4.68%
-100%
-22.81%
28
Highland School of Tech. 2.00%
0.00%
0.00%
-37.80%
1
Holbrook Middle 4.94%
8.76%
0.00%
-12.64%
15
Hunter Huss High 5.60%
20.82%
8.49%
-6.15%
51
Ida Rankin Elem. 1.67%
3.48%
0.61%
-5.34%
14
J.B. Page Primary 0.00%
0.55%
1.66%
-1.10%
10
John Chavis Middle 6.11%
12.96%
0.49%
-10.07%
37
Kiser Elem. 2.07%
3.00%
-100%
-8.76%
8
Lingerfeldt Elem. 5.07%
9.47%
6.61%
-0.44%
52
Lowell Elem. 1.30%
4.46%
4.46%
-6.53%
25
McAdenville Elem. 3.54%
4.55%
4.04%
-3.54%
36
Mount Holly Middle 4.12%
10.55%
0.00%
-13.84%
10
New Hope Elem. 1.13%
4.69%
3.00%
-14.63%
10
North Belmont Elem. 2.09%
2.55%
4.41%
-3.06%
34
North Gaston High 5.21%
12.75%
5.75%
-11.33%
41
Pinewood Elem. 2.03%
1.69%
5.08%
-5.96%
25
Pleasant Ridge Elem. 6.01%
23.18%
6.65%
-0.87%
54
Robinson Elem. 1.63%
1.09%
1.63%
-5.48%
6
Sherwood Elem. 2.35%
7.77%
1.47%
-2.79%
32
South Point High 3.01%
12.15%
2.72%
-21.85%
27
Southwest Middle 9.80%
22.99%
0.00%
-8.31%
39
Springfield Primary 0.44%
0.88%
2.21%
-0.45%
20
Stanley Middle 4.77%
11.41%
0.00%
-11.25%
20
Stuart W. Cramer High 4.92%
10.71%
1.93%
-17.60%
30
Tryon Elem. 0.98%
2.20%
2.44%
-2.45%
20
W.A. Bess Elem. 2.02%
0.00%
5.22%
-8.47%
13
W.B. Beam Intermediate 0.00%
1.03%
0.00%
-8.76%
3
W.C. Friday Middle 4.73%
13.76%
1.48%
-12.65%
33
W.P. Grier Middle 5.74%
21.30%
0.30%
-7.40%
40
Warlick Academy 13.71%
19.35%
23.39%
-100%
55
Webb Street School 0.00%
0.00%
28.57%
-100%
6
Woodhill Elem. 5.45%
7.10%
8.42%
-1.49%
50
York Chester Middle 13.37%
24.23%
1.11%
-5.04%
47