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Bessemer City High

Public - Grades: 9-12
District: Gaston County Schools

     119 Yellow Jacket Lane
     Bessemer City, NC  28016-0775   (map)
     (704) 629-2258

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Total Students (2007 - 2008): 653
Fulltime teachers: 47.0
Student/Teacher Ratio: 13.9
Eligible for discounted/free lunch: 57 ( 9 %)

Type: Regular school
Status: Operational
Locale: Suburb: Midsize
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Schooldigger Rating:
2 stars

Bessemer City High ranks 348th of 501 North Carolina public high schools.
Schooldigger District Rating:
2 stars

Gaston County Schools ranks 66th of 112 North Carolina school districts.
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Ethnicity comparison for Bessemer City High

Bessemer City High -- Ethnic comparison
Ethnicity comparison for Bessemer City High
 YearCaucasianAfrican Am.HispanicAsianAmer. Indian
28016 Zip Code200085.7 %10.7 %2.6 %0.3 %0.6 %
Bessemer City High200076.9 %21.0 %1.4 %0.2 %0.5 %

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census and National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education

About the charts
The pie chart on the left displays the ethnicity of the population in the zip code of Bessemer City High, and the pie chart on the right displays the ethnicity of the students of Bessemer City High. Since the U.S. Census data is from 2000, we use the school data from 2000, whenever possible.
About Ethnicity comparison
This view compares the ethnic makeup of Bessemer City High to that of the local community. The community is determined by the zip code of the school's location, and community ethnic data is from the 2000 U.S. Census.