📍 1400 Puett's Chapel Road, Bessemer City, Gaston County, 28016
Bessemer City Central Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bessemer City, Gaston County. The school has 407 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gaston County Schools school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bessemer City Central Elem enrolls 407 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 25% Black or African American and 20% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 194 | 48% |
| Black or African American | 102 | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 80 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 7.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
404 of the school's 407 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 404 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
Bessemer City Central Elem 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 110.
Bessemer City Central Elem 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 407 students, Bessemer City Central Elem is smaller than the district average of about 553 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize
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