📍 1221 Ratchford Drive, Dallas, Gaston County, 28034
W C Friday Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Dallas, Gaston County. The school has 605 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gaston County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 38% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
W C Friday Middle School enrolls 605 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% White, 22% Black or African American and 17% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 322 | 53% |
| Black or African American | 136 | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 102 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
446 of the school's 605 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 407 qualify for free lunch and 39 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.
W C Friday Middle School 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.
W C Friday Middle School 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 605 students, W C Friday Middle School 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
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