W A Bess Elementary School
Phone: (704) 866-6075
Fax: (704) 866-6102
Fax: (704) 866-6102
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- Principal / Admin: DuBois Tim
- Official School Website
- Status: Operational
- Type: Regular
- Grades: Pre-K - 5th
- School Location: A Rural Area
Brief Description
- W A Bess Elementary School serves Pre-K through 5th Grade Students From The City Of Gastonia, Which Is Part Of Gaston County. Some Or All Students From This School Participate In Free Or Reduced Lunch Programs.
School Statistics
- Students Per Grade
- Student Race
- Student Gender
- Free Lunch Eligibility
Students Per Grade
- Number of Students Per Grade
- Pre-Kindergarten: 7
- Kindergarten: 128
- 1st Grade: 114
- 2nd Grade: 103
- 3rd Grade: 107
- 4th Grade: 107
- 5th Grade: 106
Student Racial Breakdown
- Student Racial Breakdown
- American Indian: 1
- Asian: 7
- Hispanic: 16
- Black: 57
- White: 584
Student Gender Breakdown
- Student Gender Breakdown
- Male: 341
- Female: 324
Free Lunch Eligibility Breakdown
- Free Lunch Eligibility Breakdown
- This School: 22.9%
- All Gastonia Schools: 47.2%
- All North Carolina Schools: 43.3%
- State Colleges
- Local Libraries
Local & State Colleges, Universities & Technical Schools
- Carolina Academy of Cosmetic Art & Science
- 284 E Garrison Blvd
- Gastonia, NC 28054
- (704) 864-8723
- Brookstone College
- 10125 Berkeley Place Drive
- Charlotte, NC 28262
- (704) 547-8600
- Methodist College
- 5400 Ramsey St
- Fayetteville, NC 28311
- (910) 630-7000
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 103 S Bldg Cb 9100
- Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- (919) 962-2211
- Queens University of Charlotte
- 1900 Selwyn Ave
- Charlotte, NC 28274
- (704) 337-2200
- Johnson C Smith University
- 100-152 Beatties Ford Rd
- Charlotte, NC 28216
- (704) 378-1000
Libraries Near This School
- UNION ROAD BRANCH LIBRARY
- 5800 S. UNION ROAD
- GASTONIA, NC 28056
- (704) 852-4073
- GASTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS)
- 1555 EAST GARRISON BLVD.
- GASTONIA, NC 28054
- (704) 868-2164
- FERGUSON BRANCH LIBRARY - ERWIN CENTER
- 913 PRYOR STREET
- GASTONIA, NC 28052
- (704) 868-8046
School Information
This School
Public
Private - Number of Students: 672
- Number of Full-Time Teachers: 0
- Student:Teacher Ratio: 0.0:1
General Information
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Nearby Schools
- Forestview High School
- 0.6 Mi
- Robinson Elementary School
- 2.4 Mi
- New Hope Elementary School
- 3.2 Mi
Nearby Public Schools
- Gaston Day School Inc
- 1.0 Mi
- Pilgrim Baptist Academy
- 2.4 Mi
Nearby Private Schools
*Source: NCES 2006-2007; NC Department of Education; Local Districts and Schools