📍 2620 Tryon Courthouse Road, Bessemer City, Gaston County, 28016
Tryon Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bessemer City, Gaston County. The school has 338 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 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tryon Elementary enrolls 338 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 245 | 72% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 50 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 4.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
333 of the school's 338 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 333 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.
Tryon 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.
Tryon 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 338 students, Tryon Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 553 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe