📍 1020 South Point Road, Belmont, Gaston County, 28012
Belmont Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Belmont, Gaston County. The school has 742 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gaston County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 60% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Belmont Middle enrolls 742 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 13% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 505 | 68% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 98 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 79 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 5.4% |
| Asian | 18 | 2.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
301 of the school's 742 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 282 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Belmont Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 43, state house district 109.
Belmont Middle is one of 56 schools in Gaston County Schools, based in Gastonia, North Carolina. The district serves 30,995 students district-wide and employs 1,828 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 742 students, Belmont Middle is larger than the district average of about 553 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize