Gaston Early College High School
Public · Grades 9–13 · 235 students
Bessemer City High
119 Yellow Jacket Lane, Bessemer City, NC 28016
Grades
9–12
High
Students
590
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
18.5 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Gaston County Schools
Gaston County
Schola Grade D · Below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 532 North Carolina high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other North Carolina high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Bessemer City High
Bessemer City High is a public high school in Bessemer City, North Carolina, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Gaston County Schools. The school is located in a midsize suburb in Gaston County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 590 students were enrolled, with about 18.5 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical North Carolina high school (18.0 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is D (below average), compared with 532 North Carolina high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 590 students
- Students per teacher
- 18.5 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 3
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Midsize
- School district
- Gaston County Schools
- County
- Gaston County
- NCES school ID
- 370162000668
Schools near Bessemer City High
All 5 schools in Bessemer City →
Highland Sch of Technology
Magnet · Grades 9–12 · 538 students
Gaston Early College of Medical Sciences
Public · Grades 9–12 · 174 students
Hunter Huss High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,165 students
North Gaston High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,061 students
Kings Mountain High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,305 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.