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Pleasant Ridge Elementary

Regular School · Gastonia, NC

Pleasant Ridge Elementary is a regular school school in Gastonia, North Carolina, serving grades PK–05 with 887 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 16:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
PK – 05
Enrollment
887
Teachers (FTE)
55.5
Student–Teacher Ratio
16:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Black or African American 388 44%
Hispanic/Latino 282 32%
White 150 17%
Two or more races 60 7%
Asian 7 1%
Total enrollment 887 440M / 447F

English Language Learners: 120 (14% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 37.0% -4.9pp 41.9% 455
Reading Proficiency 33.0% -13.9pp 46.9% 451
Science Proficiency 50-54% — 150

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)
-0.38 grade levels
Math
-0.04 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
71 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
89
10% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
356
40.1% 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.) 887 100%

Contact & Location

1260 Floyd Lane

Gastonia, NC 28052

Phone: (704)866-6096

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

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

370162000705

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