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Woodhill Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

1455^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 North Carolina Elementary Schools

Better than 2% of North Carolina elementary schools

Summary

Woodhill Elementary is a PK–5 school in Gastonia, NC, serving 577 students within Gaston County Schools. It is one of the lowest-performing elementary schools in the state, ranking in the 2nd percentile in 2025-2026 with a 0-star rating, and it has stayed in the bottom 1st–7th percentile for over a decade. Nearly all students (99.5%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and proficiency levels trail both district and state averages in every subject and grade level tested.

Gaps grow especially wide by 5th grade, where only about one in five students is proficient in reading or math and one in three is proficient in science. The contrast with nearby schools serving similar populations makes the results stand out. Carr Elementary, just 2.3 miles away, serves the same share of low-income students yet ranks in the 45th percentile, with 5th grade math proficiency at 65.4% compared to Woodhill's 23.0%. Costner Elementary and Robinson Elementary have similarly high poverty rates and achieve meaningfully better results, showing that low income does not have to mean bottom-of-state outcomes.

Woodhill's most actionable warning sign is chronic absenteeism: 28.0% of students were chronically absent in 2024-2025, the highest rate among nearby elementary schools and roughly double Costner's 14.2%. The rate has improved sharply from its pandemic peak but remains a serious concern. The school also has the lowest per-pupil spending among comparable schools ($8,750) and rising class sizes. Subgroup results show students with disabilities ranking in the bottom 1% statewide, and English learner ratings have dropped sharply in recent years. Taken together, these patterns point to systemic challenges in attendance, special education support, and upper-elementary instruction that deserve focused attention before students head to middle school.

577

Students ?

16.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

99.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1027 Woodhill Drive
Gastonia, NC 28052-2466

(704) 866-6295

District: Gaston County Schools

Students who attend Woodhill Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	W P Grier Middle School
High:	Ashbrook High

Racial breakdown:

African American:

53.6%

Hispanic:

31.9%

White:

8.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 7th percentile in 2016 → 2nd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (32% vs 61% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school32%

District avg55%

North Carolina avg61%

1,455^th of 1,492

North Carolina public elementary schools ?

Bottom 2%▼ down 4 pts since 2016

From bottom 7% (2016) to bottom 2% (2026)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

145^th of 246Gaston County Schools among North Carolina districts

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

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	6.9	1455 of 1492	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	3.8	1479 of 1490	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.6	1464 of 1505	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.9	1442 of 1502	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	1441 of 1514	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.2	1381 of 1489	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.1	1374 of 1473	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.8	1368 of 1434	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.5	1328 of 1429	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	9.8	1330 of 1425	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	19.5	1223 of 1440	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	24.8	1089 of 1390	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	25.6	1103 of 1403	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	13.6	1290 of 1388	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	1.7	1371 of 1381	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	2.8	1350 of 1363	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	7.7	1288 of 1354	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	11.6	1226 of 1324	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	16.8	1165 of 1293	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	15.5	1166 of 1276	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	15.8	836 of 903	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	11.1	887 of 918	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.1	864 of 924	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.3	770 of 933	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.4	808 of 927	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.9	713 of 896	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.7	756 of 949	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.5	797 of 927	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2019	23.9	767 of 878	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.3	791 of 897	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	29.8	404 of 519	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	25.8	462 of 563	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	47.2	237 of 533	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	28.5	393 of 514	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	42.5	260 of 485	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	74.8	41 of 385	89.4%	★★★★☆
2019	34.9	350 of 497	29.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	11.8	1364 of 1447	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	4.8	1436 of 1451	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.6	1424 of 1455	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.3	1373 of 1459	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.0	1391 of 1458	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.0	1331 of 1440	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.3	1309 of 1424	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.9	1283 of 1405	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	27.1	809 of 981	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	15.6	896 of 961	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	31.8	706 of 951	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.6	773 of 915	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	44.9	481 of 893	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.8	492 of 843	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.2	755 of 865	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.0	786 of 851	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	57.2	4 of 8	50.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	16.2	1333 of 1434	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	9.6	1404 of 1437	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.3	1396 of 1450	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.2	1359 of 1437	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.7	1285 of 1366	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.4	1216 of 1329	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.0	1237 of 1361	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.8	1242 of 1332	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	6.3	1425 of 1451	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	4.8	1437 of 1450	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.9	1418 of 1464	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.1	1413 of 1461	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.4	1390 of 1464	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.3	1355 of 1444	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.3	1358 of 1430	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.1	1381 of 1413	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	6.9	132 of 133	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	12.4	816 of 821	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2021	17.0	1072 of 1172	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.1	1159 of 1183	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.6	1150 of 1178	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Homeless (2022)50th percentile+45 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)22nd percentile+20 vs school

Hispanic (2026)18th percentile+15 vs school

Disabled (2019)13th percentile+6 vs school

White (2021)9th percentile~ school

African American (2026)7th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)7th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2026)6th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2026)2nd percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2022)1st percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2025)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics35%-29 vs state

Science32%-36 vs state

Reading28%-28 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOG Mathematics (2026)			EOG Reading (2026)			EOG Science (2026)	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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Woodhill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1027 Woodhill Drive	Gastonia	28052	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 866-6295	577	35	16.6	99.5%	47 (8.1%)	309 (53.6%)	184 (31.9%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (5.0%)	6.9	1455^th of 1492 public elementary schools	2.5%		3.8	1479^th of 1490 public elementary schools	0.7%	24	34.6	45.8	23.0	25.9	36.1	21.3	32.0	$8,750	$1,400	$7,350
Brookside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1925 Auten Rd.	Gastonia	28054	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 866-6283	512	34	15.2	98.8%	171 (33.4%)	162 (31.6%)	137 (26.8%)	5 (1.0%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (6.3%)	17.2	1332^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	10.7%		16.6	1331^st of 1490 public elementary schools	10.7%	1	55.8	40.0	32.9	46.8	42.5	32.9	41.1	$9,017	$1,395	$7,622
Carr Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	307 S Pine St	Dallas	28034	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 922-3636	665	39	16.9	99.5%	276 (41.5%)	178 (26.8%)	155 (23.3%)	10 (1.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	42 (6.3%)	45.6	814^th of 1492 public elementary schools	45.4%		33.7	1021^st of 1490 public elementary schools	31.5%	207	67.3	52.7	65.4	52.3	51.8	44.0	66.9	$8,907	$1,311	$7,596
Pleasant Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1260 Floyd Lane	Gastonia	28052	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 866-6096	887	56	15.9	99.7%	150 (16.9%)	388 (43.7%)	282 (31.8%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (6.8%)	32.1	1053^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	29.4%		26	1154^th of 1490 public elementary schools	22.6%	101	49.6	63.9	57.7	31.7	49.0	40.3	61.3	$8,924	$1,150	$7,774
Sherwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1744 Dixon Road	Gastonia	28054	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 866-6609	553	34	16.3	99.5%	86 (15.6%)	239 (43.2%)	164 (29.7%)	11 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (9.2%)	30.2	1091^st of 1492 public elementary schools	26.9%		10.6	1410^th of 1490 public elementary schools	5.4%	319	56.2	63.5	40.0	34.2	54.1	41.4	52.9	$8,790	$1,325	$7,465
Lingerfeldt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1601 Madison Street	Gastonia	28052	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 866-6094	450	27	16.5	99.3%	49 (10.9%)	247 (54.9%)	119 (26.4%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.4%)	10.5	1413^th of 1492 public elementary schools	5.3%		5.4	1468^th of 1490 public elementary schools	1.5%	55	32.0	22.7	52.5	22.7	22.7	37.7	54.1	$9,976	$1,609	$8,367
Gardner Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	738 Armstrong Park Road	Gastonia	28054	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 866-6082	560	39	14.4	99.5%	126 (22.5%)	186 (33.2%)	193 (34.5%)	10 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (7.9%)	18.7	1303^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	12.7%		18.5	1308^th of 1490 public elementary schools	12.2%	5	36.7	54.0	35.5	35.8	47.8	34.4	52.7	$9,619	$1,304	$8,314
H H Beam Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Davis Park Road	Gastonia	28052	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 866-6618	591	39	15.0	99.5%	122 (20.6%)	174 (29.4%)	255 (43.1%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (5.6%)	4.9	1467^th of 1492 public elementary schools	1.7%		3.9	1476^th of 1490 public elementary schools	0.9%	9	39.3	30.9	31.8	25.6	25.8	28.4	36.4	$9,849	$1,567	$8,282
Costner Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	353 Old 277 Loop Hwy	Dallas	28034	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 922-3522	430	30	14.1	99.3%	279 (64.9%)	66 (15.3%)	65 (15.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.2%)	33.6	1033^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	30.8%		41.2	895^th of 1490 public elementary schools	39.9%	138	53.2	49.4	58.5	44.3	51.9	45.1	61.0	$9,693	$1,124	$8,569
Hawks Nest STEAM Academy	Public, Magnet	K-5	3430 Robinwood Rd	Gastonia	28054	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(704) 866-8467	356	24	14.7	36.0%	204 (57.3%)	82 (23.0%)	36 (10.1%)	15 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.1%)	89.2	126^th of 1492 public elementary schools	91.6%		88.7	125^th of 1490 public elementary schools	91.6%	1	86.7	88.3	78.0	81.7	76.7	69.5	83.1	$9,235	$809	$8,426

Frequently Asked Questions about Woodhill Elementary

What district is Woodhill Elementary in?

Gaston County Schools

How many students attend Woodhill Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 577 students attended Woodhill Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Woodhill Elementary?

Students at Woodhill Elementary are 54% African American, 32% Hispanic, 8% White, 5% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Woodhill Elementary attend?

Students who attend Woodhill Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : W P Grier Middle School
High : Ashbrook High

Is Woodhill Elementary a good school?

Woodhill Elementary ranks in the bottom 2.5% of North Carolina elementary schools.

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