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Southwest Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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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
1 Roadrunner Drive
Gastonia, NC 28052
Phone
(704) 866-6290
District
Gaston County Schools
County
GASTON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
804
Classroom Teachers
51

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

2

(10 is best)

Better than 19.4% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Southwest Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
33%
51%
31%
49%
35%
52%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
36%
50%
34%
50%
37%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
35%
48%
39%
51%
31%
45%
    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 6 270 33.6%
Grade 7 258 32.1%
Grade 8 276 34.3%
Total 804 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 26.9% 51.7% 46.6%
Black 37.0% 26.0% 26.2%
Hispanic 35.4% 20.3% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 1.7% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.3% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.6% 68.8% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 99.6% 65.7% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 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%

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