Gaston County Schools

{{Short description|School district in North Carolina, United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{more citations needed|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox school district | name = Gaston County Schools | logo = Gaston County Schools logo.gif | motto = ''"Shaping Our Future"'' | location = 943 Osceola Street<br />Gastonia, North Carolina 28054 | teachers = 1,950 | staff = 3,800 | budget = | schools = 56 | superintendent = Dr. Morgen A. Houchard | accreditation = Southern Association of Colleges and Schools | region = Gaston County, North Carolina | established = | students = 30,046 | website = {{URL|https://www.gaston.k12.nc.us/}} }}

'''Gaston County Schools''' is an American public school district in Gaston County, North Carolina. With 30,046 students enrolled in 56 schools as of the 2021–22 academic year, it is the tenth largest public school district in North Carolina.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gaston.k12.nc.us/Page/179 |title=Gaston County Schools Facts and Figures |access-date=2013-07-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701005041/https://www.gaston.k12.nc.us/Page/179 |archive-date=July 1, 2022 }}</ref>

The district covers the entire county.<ref>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st37_nc/schooldistrict_maps/c37071_gaston/DC20SD_C37071.pdf|title=2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Gaston County, NC|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|date=January 8, 2021|access-date=2025-10-04}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st37_nc/schooldistrict_maps/c37071_gaston/DC20SD_C37071_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==Schools== The system is made up of 56 schools: 11 high schools, 11 middle schools, 32 elementary schools, and three special schools including the district's Gaston Virtual Academy.

==School directory==

===High schools (9–12)=== *Ashbrook High School, Gastonia *Bessemer City High School, Bessemer City *Cherryville High School, Cherryville *East Gaston High School, Mount Holly *Forestview High School, Gastonia *Gaston Early College High School, Dallas *Gaston Early College of Medical Sciences High School, Dallas *Highland School of Technology, Gastonia *Huss High School, Gastonia *North Gaston High School, Dallas *South Point High School, Belmont *Stuart W. Cramer High School, Belmont

===Middle schools (6–8)=== *Belmont Middle School, Belmont *Bessemer City Middle School, Bessemer City *Cramerton Middle School, Cramerton *Holbrook Middle School, Lowell *John Chavis Middle School, Cherryville *Mount Holly Middle School, Mount Holly *Southwest Middle School, Gastonia *Stanley Middle School, Stanley *W. C. Friday Middle School, Dallas *W. P. Grier Middle School, Gastonia *York Chester Middle School, Gastonia

===Elementary schools=== *Beam Intermediate School *Belmont Central Elementary School *Bessemer City Central Elementary School *Bessemer City Primary School *Brookside Elementary School *Carr Elementary School *Catawba Heights Elementary School *Chapel Grove Elementary School *Cherryville Elementary School *Costner Elementary School *Gardner Park Elementary School *H.H. Beam Elementary School *Hawks Nest STEAM Academy *Kiser Elementary School *Lingerfeldt Elementary School *Lowell Elementary School *McAdenville Elementary School *New Hope Elementary School *North Belmont Elementary School *Page Primary School *Pinewood Elementary School *Pleasant Ridge Elementary School *Rankin Elementary School *Robinson Elementary School *Sadler Elementary School *Sherwood Elementary School *Springfield Elementary School *Tryon Elementary School *W.A. Bess Elementary School *Woodhill Elementary School

===Special schools=== *Gaston Virtual Academy (K-12) *Warlick Academy *Webb Street School

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:School districts in North Carolina Category:Education in Gaston County, North Carolina