📍 738 Armstrong Park Road, Gastonia, Gaston County, 28054
Gardner Park Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gastonia, Gaston County. The school has 521 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gaston County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gardner Park Elementary enrolls 521 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 33% Black or African American, 32% White and 27% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 171 | 33% |
| White | 169 | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 140 | 27% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 6.1% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
518 of the school's 521 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 518 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.
Gardner Park Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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.
Gardner Park 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 521 students, Gardner Park 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: City - Small
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