📍 353 Old 277 Loop Hwy, Dallas, Gaston County, 28034
Costner Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dallas, Gaston County. The school has 485 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gaston County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Costner Elementary enrolls 485 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 17% Black or African American and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 299 | 62% |
| Black or African American | 84 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 74 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 5.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
304 of the school's 485 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 285 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.
Costner Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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.
Costner 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 485 students, Costner Elementary is close to the district average of about 553 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe