📍 700 East Academy Street, Cherryville, Gaston County, 28021
Cherryville Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cherryville, Gaston County. The school has 383 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gaston County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–3 in a small-town setting. The school employs 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cherryville Elementary enrolls 383 students across grades Pre-K–3. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 9.7% Black or African American and 8.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 285 | 74% |
| Black or African American | 37 | 9.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 33 | 8.6% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 6.5% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
258 of the school's 383 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 249 qualify for free lunch and 9 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.
Cherryville Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). 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.
Cherryville 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 383 students, Cherryville 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: Town - Fringe
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