📍 313 Ridge Avenue, Cherryville, Gaston County, 28021
Cherryville High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Cherryville, Gaston County. The school has 492 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gaston County Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 92%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cherryville High enrolls 492 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 12% Black or African American and 10% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 361 | 73% |
| Black or African American | 58 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 51 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 4.1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
292 of the school's 492 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 277 qualify for free lunch and 15 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 High 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 High 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 492 students, Cherryville High is close to the district average of about 553 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe