📍 103 South Chavis Drive, Cherryville, Gaston County, 28021
John Chavis Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Cherryville, Gaston County. The school has 413 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gaston County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 43% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
John Chavis Middle School enrolls 413 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 9.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 305 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 49 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 38 | 9.2% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
288 of the school's 413 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 269 qualify for free lunch and 19 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.
John Chavis Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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.
John Chavis 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 413 students, John Chavis Middle School is smaller than the district average of about 553 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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