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Bessemer City Central Elem

Regular School · Bessemer City, NC

Bessemer City Central Elem is a regular school school in Bessemer City, North Carolina, serving grades 03–05 with 392 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 16.1:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
03 – 05
Enrollment
392
Teachers (FTE)
24.4
Student–Teacher Ratio
16.1:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
White 159 41%
Hispanic/Latino 98 25%
Black or African American 93 24%
Two or more races 40 10%
Asian 2 1%
Total enrollment 392 199M / 193F

English Language Learners: 35 (9% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 22.0% -19.9pp 41.9% 417
Reading Proficiency 25.0% -21.9pp 46.9% 418
Science Proficiency 35-39% — 142

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
-0.40 grade levels
Math
-0.07 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
13 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
35
8.9% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
199
50.8% of enrollment · SY 2019–20
Additional Targeted Support (ATSI) Targeted Support School (TSI)

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 392 100%

Contact & Location

1400 Puett's Chapel Road

Bessemer City, NC 28016

Phone: (704)836-9108

http://www.gaston.k12.nc.us/bccentral

District

Gaston County Schools

Per-pupil expenditure: $12,921

District enrollment: 30,281

Other Schools in District

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Related Data

NCES ID

370162000667

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD