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Gardner Park Elementary

Regular School · Gastonia, NC

Gardner Park Elementary is a regular school school in Gastonia, North Carolina, serving grades PK–05 with 560 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 14.5:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
PK – 05
Enrollment
560
Teachers (FTE)
38.7
Student–Teacher Ratio
14.5:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Hispanic/Latino 193 34%
Black or African American 186 33%
White 126 23%
Two or more races 44 8%
Asian 10 2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 1 0%
Total enrollment 560 293M / 267F

English Language Learners: 63 (11% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 35.0% -6.9pp 41.9% 264
Reading Proficiency 36.0% -10.9pp 46.9% 264
Science Proficiency 40-44% — 90

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)
-0.07 grade levels
Math
-0.07 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
12 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
24
4.3% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
117
20.9% 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.) 560 100%

Contact & Location

738 Armstrong Park Road

Gastonia, NC 28054

Phone: (704)866-6082

http://gaston.k12.nc.us/gpark

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

370162000683

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