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KIPP Gaston College Preparatory

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12

1270^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,490 North Carolina Alternative Schools

Better than 15% of North Carolina alternative schools

Summary

KIPP Gaston College Preparatory is a public charter school in Gaston, North Carolina that serves 1,183 students from kindergarten through 12th grade. The school is part of the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) network and has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 68.36% to 98.48% over the past few years.

While KIPP Gaston College Preparatory has reasonably high graduation rates, ranging from 84.0% to 87.7% over the past few years, its academic performance on state standardized tests (EOG/EOC) tends to lag behind the state averages across various grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 3rd grade math proficiency rate was 59.8% compared to the state average of 64.1%, and its 8th grade reading proficiency rate was 53.7% compared to the state average of 54.2%. The school's performance on end-of-course exams, such as Biology, English II, and Math I/III, also tends to be lower than the state averages.

The high percentage of economically disadvantaged students at KIPP Gaston College Preparatory may be a contributing factor to the academic performance gaps observed. While the school faces these challenges, addressing them and supporting the unique needs of the student population could be crucial for KIPP Gaston College Preparatory to improve its academic outcomes and better prepare its students for success.

1,143

Students ?

15.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

98.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

320 Pleasant Hill Road
Gaston, NC 27832

(252) 308-6932

District: KIPP Gaston College Preparatory

Racial breakdown:

African American:

82.2%

Hispanic:

7.9%

White:

4.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 12th percentile in 2022 → 35th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 23 percentile points since 2022

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (45% vs 55% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)

!Math III scores 23 pts below the North Carolina average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school45%

North Carolina avg55%

Elementary school

1,270^th of 1,490

North Carolina public elementary schools ?

Bottom 15%▼ down 61 pts since 2015

From top 25% (2015) to bottom 15% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

398^th of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Bottom 49%▼ down 37 pts since 2015

From top 14% (2015) to bottom 49% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

416^th of 641

North Carolina public high schools ?

Bottom 35%▼ down 56 pts since 2015

From top 9% (2015) to bottom 35% (2025)

See the entire ranking list of North Carolina High Schools →

★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	20.5	1270 of 1490	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	1310 of 1505	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.8	1423 of 1502	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.9	1435 of 1514	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.9	1410 of 1489	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.5	1155 of 1473	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	41.7	900 of 1434	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2017	44.7	839 of 1429	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2016	50.2	730 of 1425	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	73.4	355 of 1440	75.3%	★★★★☆
2014	52.7	654 of 1390	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2013	51.7	632 of 1403	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2012	72.2	362 of 1388	73.9%	★★★★☆
2011	75.8	275 of 1381	80.1%	★★★★☆
2010	68.9	414 of 1363	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2009	66.0	488 of 1354	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2008	74.6	279 of 1324	78.9%	★★★★☆
2007	61.8	515 of 1293	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2006	72.1	306 of 1276	76.0%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	47.0	469 of 918	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.8	579 of 924	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.4	728 of 933	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.5	753 of 927	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.8	788 of 896	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	47.6	475 of 949	49.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	62.6	278 of 927	70.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	21.1	1240 of 1451	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.6	1264 of 1455	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.8	1355 of 1459	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.8	1382 of 1458	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.8	1384 of 1440	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	27.8	1120 of 1424	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	42.6	881 of 1405	37.3%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	10.0	934 of 951	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	30.2	1125 of 1437	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.6	1243 of 1450	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.2	1360 of 1437	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.7	1203 of 1366	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.8	1132 of 1329	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.7	1095 of 1361	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	54.4	597 of 1332	55.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	21.8	1220 of 1450	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.2	1281 of 1464	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	8.9	1400 of 1461	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.7	1385 of 1464	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.8	1346 of 1444	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.8	1165 of 1430	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	41.5	897 of 1413	36.5%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	28.8	636 of 821	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.5	485 of 801	39.5%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2018	32.4	901 of 1178	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	48.4	398 of 773	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.6	510 of 793	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.9	529 of 784	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.6	555 of 786	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.3	563 of 741	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	57.8	313 of 737	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	74.5	149 of 691	78.4%	★★★★☆
2017	71.8	179 of 694	74.2%	★★★★☆
2016	88.5	51 of 692	92.6%	★★★★★
2015	83.0	100 of 705	85.8%	★★★★☆
2014	75.8	141 of 627	77.5%	★★★★☆
2013	74.6	146 of 673	78.3%	★★★★☆
2012	85.8	36 of 662	94.6%	★★★★★
2011	84.7	38 of 648	94.1%	★★★★★
2010	80.6	86 of 640	86.6%	★★★★☆
2009	82.0	72 of 630	88.6%	★★★★☆
2008	87.8	39 of 620	93.7%	★★★★★
2007	90.0	8 of 606	98.7%	★★★★★
2006	87.9	25 of 598	95.8%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	72.2	106 of 546	80.6%	★★★★☆
2024	58.7	167 of 560	70.2%	★★★★☆
2023	54.9	186 of 559	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.0	213 of 550	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	50.2	209 of 533	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	76.5	71 of 519	86.3%	★★★★☆
2018	92.7	25 of 494	94.9%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	49.5	363 of 733	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	37.3	467 of 738	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.2	471 of 731	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.6	530 of 733	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.4	486 of 706	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.5	391 of 684	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	75.1	144 of 656	78.0%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	51.6	320 of 729	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	42.4	415 of 743	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.2	441 of 735	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	57.7	249 of 689	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	41.6	354 of 633	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	63.8	183 of 639	71.4%	★★★★☆
2018	91.1	18 of 604	97.0%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	45.9	401 of 733	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.2	484 of 751	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.0	539 of 747	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.1	538 of 748	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.2	556 of 711	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	64.7	240 of 697	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	73.3	160 of 665	75.9%	★★★★☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	34.5	416 of 641	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.0	474 of 640	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.8	541 of 626	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.4	544 of 621	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.7	508 of 594	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	55.1	176 of 514	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	77.5	67 of 469	85.7%	★★★★☆
2017	73.3	70 of 476	85.3%	★★★★☆
2016	75.9	51 of 507	89.9%	★★★★★
2015	77.7	48 of 531	91.0%	★★★★★
2014	69.6	69 of 451	84.7%	★★★★☆
2013	67.6	54 of 505	89.3%	★★★★☆
2012	73.4	52 of 502	89.6%	★★★★☆
2011	79.2	30 of 506	94.1%	★★★★★
2010	79.7	22 of 499	95.6%	★★★★★
2009	64.8	116 of 490	76.3%	★★★★☆
2008	62.4	128 of 477	73.2%	★★★★☆
2007	60.1	139 of 453	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2006	78.0	29 of 431	93.3%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	52.9	152 of 440	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	42.9	216 of 437	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	29.7	302 of 434	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.5	322 of 430	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.1	312 of 364	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	77.2	34 of 369	90.8%	★★★★★
2018	91.6	18 of 359	95.0%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	34.3	197 of 330	40.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	31.1	438 of 610	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.6	502 of 602	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.7	532 of 588	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	526 of 594	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.2	308 of 475	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.9	210 of 475	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	81.6	52 of 449	88.4%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2023	23.2	370 of 449	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	48.9	247 of 606	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	35.7	375 of 613	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	17.8	523 of 597	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.1	455 of 544	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	67.9	49 of 446	89.0%	★★★★☆
2018	86.9	23 of 424	94.6%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	37.1	374 of 601	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.6	402 of 607	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	15.4	523 of 602	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	526 of 585	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	56.3	156 of 488	68.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	72.2	87 of 463	81.2%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	57.6	89 of 352	74.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2018	70.1	106 of 427	75.2%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

African American (2025)49th percentile+34 vs school

White (2018)24th percentile-14 vs school

Special Education (2025)23rd percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)16th percentile~ school

Female (2025)15th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2024)2nd percentile-11 vs school

Middle school

African American (2025)81st percentile+32 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)56th percentile+8 vs school

Female (2025)50th percentile~ school

Male (2025)45th percentile-3 vs school

High school

White (2018)75th percentile-11 vs school

Special Education (2025)75th percentile+40 vs school

African American (2025)65th percentile+30 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)59th percentile+24 vs school

Disabled (2022)40th percentile+28 vs school

Male (2025)38th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)28th percentile-7 vs school

Hispanic (2023)18th percentile+4 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science62%~ state avg

English II50%-10 vs state

Math I50%+16 vs state

Mathematics45%-12 vs state

Math III44%-23 vs state

Reading40%-13 vs state

Biology31%-17 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				EOC Biology (2025)	EOC English II (2025)	EOC Math I (2025)	EOC Math III (2025)	EOG Mathematics (2025)						EOG Reading (2025)						EOG Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Total
KIPP Gaston College Preparatory	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	320 Pleasant Hill Road	Gaston	27832	Northampton County	KIPP Gaston College Preparatory	Yes	No	No	Yes	(252) 308-6932	1,143	75	15.2	98.9%	51 (4.5%)	940 (82.2%)	90 (7.9%)	6 (0.5%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (4.5%)								(n/a)	31.3	50.0	50.0	43.8	59.8	24.5	35.9	47.5	56.3	41.5	25.8	35.1	34.6	40.8	51.7	53.7	47.4	76.8

Frequently Asked Questions about KIPP Gaston College Preparatory

What is the racial makeup of KIPP Gaston College Preparatory?

Students at KIPP Gaston College Preparatory are 82% African American, 8% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% Two or more races.

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How many students attend KIPP Gaston College Preparatory?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,143 students attended KIPP Gaston College Preparatory.

Is KIPP Gaston College Preparatory a good school?

KIPP Gaston College Preparatory ranks in the bottom 14.8% of North Carolina alternative schools.

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