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York Chester Middle

Public Grades 6-8

582^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 25% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

York Chester Middle is a public middle school in Gastonia, North Carolina, serving 381 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Gaston County Schools district, which is ranked 149 out of 242 school districts in the state.

York Chester Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of North Carolina middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years. The school's proficiency rates in End-of-Grade (EOG) tests for Mathematics, Reading, and Science are significantly lower than the Gaston County and North Carolina averages. However, the school's rankings for specific student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students, are relatively higher compared to the overall school ranking, suggesting that the school may be providing more targeted support for these populations.

While York Chester Middle's spending per student, at $12,146 in the 2018-2019 school year, is higher than the spending at some nearby schools like Mount Holly Middle, Belmont Middle, and Cramerton Middle, the school continues to face significant challenges in improving its academic performance and overall school quality. The high percentage of economically disadvantaged students at York Chester Middle, with nearly all students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, likely contributes to the school's academic struggles.

398

Students ?

15.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,146

Per pupil spending ?

99.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

601 S Clay Street
Gastonia, NC 28052-3942

(704) 836-9609

District: Gaston County Schools

Students who attend York Chester Middle usually attend:

High:

Hunter Huss High

Feeder schools for York Chester Middle:

Elementary:

Lingerfeldt Elementary

Racial breakdown:

African American:

47.2%

Hispanic:

30.4%

White:

18.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 12th percentile in 2015 → 25th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 13 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (40% vs 54% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (25th percentile)

!Reading scores 17 pts below the North Carolina average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school40%

District avg48%

North Carolina avg54%

582^nd of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Bottom 25%▲ up 13 pts since 2015

From bottom 12% (2015) to bottom 25% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 11Middle Schools in the Gaston County Schools

149^th of 242Gaston 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
2025	25.9	582 of 773	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.2	617 of 793	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.9	636 of 784	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.7	612 of 786	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.0	608 of 741	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.7	565 of 737	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.6	528 of 691	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	14.3	611 of 694	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	9.4	636 of 692	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	12.4	623 of 705	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	6.9	603 of 627	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	12.5	605 of 673	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	26.1	545 of 662	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	30.5	509 of 648	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	32.7	496 of 640	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	37.9	453 of 630	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	32.3	461 of 620	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	26.3	502 of 606	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	30.9	465 of 598	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	38.6	325 of 546	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.4	332 of 560	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.6	374 of 559	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.7	363 of 550	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.0	353 of 533	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.1	317 of 519	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.7	343 of 494	30.6%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	28.1	340 of 449	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.8	472 of 478	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	45.6	248 of 504	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	29.4	369 of 475	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	44.8	171 of 371	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	42.1	186 of 356	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.1	233 of 318	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	54.9	90 of 312	71.2%	★★★★☆
2021	68.4	24 of 236	89.8%	★★★★★
2019	82.7	13 of 211	93.8%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	27.4	555 of 733	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.4	545 of 738	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.6	610 of 731	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.9	609 of 733	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.0	578 of 706	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.5	547 of 684	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.3	501 of 656	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	35.7	377 of 562	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.2	388 of 564	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.2	415 of 553	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	48.5	268 of 541	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.2	300 of 522	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	61.9	132 of 493	73.2%	★★★★☆
2018	58.7	162 of 472	65.7%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2023	70.3	7 of 50	86.0%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	43.3	405 of 729	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.9	384 of 743	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.4	451 of 735	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.5	404 of 689	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.7	404 of 633	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	44.2	371 of 639	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.0	355 of 604	41.2%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	23.7	571 of 733	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.7	621 of 751	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.4	589 of 747	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.2	559 of 748	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.3	593 of 711	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.1	539 of 697	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.0	549 of 665	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2023	49.7	140 of 302	53.6%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	24.8	420 of 478	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.0	349 of 473	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	29.7	492 of 649	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.9	608 of 652	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.8	605 of 656	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.7	567 of 658	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.0	583 of 632	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.4	588 of 624	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.0	551 of 596	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

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 (2023)86th percentile+67 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)54th percentile+29 vs school

Multi-racial (2023)54th percentile+35 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)44th percentile+20 vs school

African American (2025)40th percentile+16 vs school

Hispanic (2025)33rd percentile+8 vs school

Female (2025)24th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)24th percentile~ school

White (2025)24th percentile~ school

Male (2025)22nd percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)12th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science45%-15 vs state

Mathematics43%-10 vs state

Reading36%-17 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
York Chester Middle	Public	6-8	601 S Clay Street	Gastonia	28052	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 836-9609	398	25	15.9	99.2%	72 (18.1%)	188 (47.2%)	121 (30.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.3%)	25.9	582^nd of 773 public middle schools	24.7%		25.2	617^th of 793 public middle schools	22.2%	35	37.3	40.7	49.0	29.9	31.9	44.2	45.2	$12,146	$3,225	$8,921
Southwest Middle	Public	6-8	1 Roadrunner Drive	Gastonia	28052	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 866-6290	832	54	15.3	99.6%	187 (22.5%)	280 (33.7%)	302 (36.3%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (6.9%)	13.6	696^th of 773 public middle schools	10.0%		17.3	685^th of 793 public middle schools	13.6%	11	31.3	30.4	32.4	25.9	27.3	38.8	34.8	$8,802	$1,244	$7,559
W P Grier Middle School	Public	6-8	1622 E Garrison Boulevard	Gastonia	28054	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 836-9604	659	42	15.7	99.5%	63 (9.6%)	348 (52.8%)	192 (29.1%)	9 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (6.8%)	10.3	717^th of 773 public middle schools	7.2%		12.4	720^th of 793 public middle schools	9.2%	3	25.1	23.7	30.0	25.1	30.7	29.8	36.9	$8,330	$1,260	$7,071
Holbrook Middle	Public	6-8	418 S Church Street	Lowell	28098	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 836-9607	712	53	13.5	97.8%	242 (34.0%)	217 (30.5%)	197 (27.7%)	9 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (6.5%)	23.2	605^th of 773 public middle schools	21.7%		26.6	597^th of 793 public middle schools	24.7%	8	37.3	36.6	27.1	41.0	38.1	45.6	45.6	$7,945	$752	$7,193
W C Friday Middle School	Public	6-8	1221 Ratchford Drive	Dallas	28034	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 922-5297	618	34	18.0	99.5%	292 (47.2%)	147 (23.8%)	120 (19.4%)	7 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	50 (8.1%)	26.2	579^th of 773 public middle schools	25.1%		34.5	537^th of 793 public middle schools	32.3%	42	50.7	36.0	28.3	44.7	42.5	40.6	35.8	$8,144	$730	$7,414
Bessemer City Middle	Public	6-8	525 Ed Wilson Road	Bessemer City	28016	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 836-9602	497	29	17.1	99.4%	205 (41.2%)	136 (27.4%)	118 (23.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.0%)	19.6	641^st of 773 public middle schools	17.1%		28.2	579^th of 793 public middle schools	27.0%	62	27.0	36.8	40.7	33.3	37.4	37.7	41.4	$9,249	$1,434	$7,815
Cramerton Middle	Public	6-8	601 Cramer Mountain Road	Cramerton	28032	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 836-9603	959	51	18.8	43.2%	587 (61.2%)	154 (16.1%)	117 (12.2%)	44 (4.6%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (5.5%)	88.9	61^st of 773 public middle schools	92.1%		91.4	54^th of 793 public middle schools	93.2%	7	77.9	76.4	76.8	67.6	69.8	77.5	82.9	$7,892	$734	$7,158
Belmont Middle	Public	6-8	1020 South Point Road	Belmont	28012	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 836-9611	770	42	18.1	42.2%	504 (65.5%)	84 (10.9%)	122 (15.8%)	18 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.3%)	74.5	167^th of 773 public middle schools	78.4%		70.4	208^th of 793 public middle schools	73.8%	41	76.3	69.7	57.1	63.9	63.0	60.2	67.0	$7,551	$657	$6,894
Stanley Middle	Public	6-8	317 Hovis Road	Stanley	28164	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 836-9600	602	38	15.6	99.5%	357 (59.3%)	87 (14.5%)	112 (18.6%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (6.3%)	61.7	269^th of 773 public middle schools	65.2%		54.4	344^th of 793 public middle schools	56.6%	75	74.7	53.1	46.7	57.1	57.4	56.4	63.1	$8,317	$777	$7,540
Mount Holly Middle	Public	6-8	124 S Hawthorne Street	Mount Holly	28120	Gaston County	Gaston County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 836-9610	570	37	15.2	99.5%	281 (49.3%)	115 (20.2%)	106 (18.6%)	19 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	47 (8.2%)	53.5	350^th of 773 public middle schools	54.7%		55.8	325^th of 793 public middle schools	59.0%	25	60.2	53.4	54.1	51.3	51.9	51.9	57.8	$8,065	$884	$7,181

Frequently Asked Questions about York Chester Middle

How many students attend York Chester Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 398 students attended York Chester Middle.

What high school do graduates of York Chester Middle attend?

Students who attend York Chester Middle usually go on to attend Hunter Huss High

What district is York Chester Middle in?

Gaston County Schools

What is the racial makeup of York Chester Middle?

Students at York Chester Middle are 47% African American, 30% Hispanic, 18% White, 4% Two or more races.

Is York Chester Middle a good school?

York Chester Middle ranks in the bottom 24.7% of North Carolina middle schools.

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