📍 400 Broughton Street, Gaston, Northampton County, 27832
Gaston STEM Leadership Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gaston, Northampton County. The school has 286 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Northampton County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Gaston STEM Leadership Academy enrolls 286 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Black or African American, 7.3% White and 3.8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 247 | 86% |
| White | 21 | 7.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 3.8% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 2.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
283 of the school's 286 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 283 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.
Gaston STEM Leadership Academy is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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-10, state senate district 3, state house district 27.
Gaston STEM Leadership Academy is one of 6 schools in Northampton County Schools, based in Jackson, North Carolina. The district serves 1,251 students district-wide and employs 93 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 286 students, Gaston STEM Leadership Academy is larger than the district average of about 209 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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