About Gaston County Schools
Gaston County Schools is a public school system serving Gaston County, North Carolina, based in Gastonia. It serves 30,995 students across 56 schools spanning PreK–13, and is classified as a suburb: mid-size district. By enrollment it is the #10 largest of North Carolina’s 334 school systems.
Size and structure
Gaston County Schools enrolls 30,995 students in 56 schools — an average of about 553 students per school. It serves grades PreK–13 and ranks #10 of 334 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Gaston County Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (30,995 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Gaston County Schools employs about 1,948 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 15.9:1 — below the North Carolina average of about 16.0:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How North Carolina funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Gaston County Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
North Carolina assigns A–F School Performance Grades and publishes them through the NC School Report Cards, combining achievement and growth with graduation, test results and demographics. Look up Gaston County Schools on the NC School Report Cards.
Accreditation status
North Carolina does not require statewide accreditation of its public districts; accreditation is voluntary, and districts that pursue it generally work with Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor. Look up Gaston County Schools in the free Cognia registry.
Gaston County Schools vs. North Carolina
See every North Carolina district side by side in the North Carolina directory.
Look up Gaston County Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):