📍 1260 Floyd Lane, Gastonia, Gaston County, 28052
Pleasant Ridge Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gastonia, Gaston County. The school has 866 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 56.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pleasant Ridge Elementary enrolls 866 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 56.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Black or African American, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 23% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 352 | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 253 | 29% |
| White | 197 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 57 | 6.6% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
863 of the school's 866 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 863 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.
Pleasant Ridge 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 109.
Pleasant Ridge 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 866 students, Pleasant Ridge Elementary is larger than 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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