📍 101 Ivey Street, Belmont, Gaston County, 28012
Catawba Heights Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Belmont, Gaston County. The school has 259 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gaston County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Catawba Heights Elementary enrolls 259 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 8.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 145 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 68 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 8.5% |
| Black or African American | 19 | 7.3% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
174 of the school's 259 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 155 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.
Catawba Heights Elementary 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 108.
Catawba Heights Elementary 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 259 students, Catawba Heights Elementary 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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