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Gaston Early College Of Medical Sciences School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
300 Rhodes Perimeter Drive
Dallas, NC 28034
Phone
(704) 923-8480
District
Gaston County Schools
County
GASTON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
113
Classroom Teachers
7

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.2% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Gaston Early College Of Medical Sciences School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
95%
47%
96%
58%
93%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
17
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 39 34.5%
Grade 10 62 54.9%
Grade 11 12 10.6%
Grade 12 0 0.0%
Total 113 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 46.7% 51.7% 46.6%
Black 25.7% 26.0% 26.2%
Hispanic 19.0% 20.3% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 8.6% 1.7% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.3% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 52.2% 68.8% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 46.9% 65.7% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.3% 3.0% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 228,972 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 643.6 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.9% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.8% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.2% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 16.4% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 90,427 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 9.4% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.6% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 25.0% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.3% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.8% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.0% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.9% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.4% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.9% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 9.7% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,228 $188,585,000 56.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $689 $20,870,000 6.3%
Staff $334 $10,103,000 3.0%
General Administration $59 $1,799,000 0.5%
School Administration $612 $18,539,000 5.6%
Operation $792 $23,983,000 7.2%
Transportation $272 $8,248,000 2.5%
Other $403 $12,195,000 3.7%
Total Support $3,162 $95,737,000 28.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,555 $47,085,000 14.2%
Total Expenditures $10,944 $331,407,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,564 $10,129,255,000 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $960,884,000 5.4%
Staff $394 $608,502,000 3.4%
General Administration $179 $276,069,000 1.5%
School Administration $651 $1,005,083,000 5.6%
Operation $803 $1,239,070,000 6.9%
Transportation $337 $520,307,000 2.9%
Other $350 $540,157,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,338 $5,150,072,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,737 $2,680,931,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $11,639 $17,960,258,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%