📍 1925 N Main Street, Mount Holly, Gaston County, 28120
Pinewood Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mount Holly, 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 suburban setting. The school employs 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. 50% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pinewood Elementary enrolls 485 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 275 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 75 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 73 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 39 | 8% |
| Asian | 18 | 3.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
273 of the school's 485 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 258 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.
Pinewood 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.
Pinewood 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, Pinewood 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: Suburb - Midsize
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