York Chester Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 398 students
Southwest Middle
1 Roadrunner Drive, Gastonia, NC 28052
Grades
6–8
Middle
Students
832
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
15.4 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Gaston County Schools
Gaston County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 465 North Carolina middle schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other North Carolina middle 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 Southwest Middle
Southwest Middle is a public middle school in Gastonia, North Carolina, serving grades 6–8. It is part of Gaston County Schools. The school is located in a small city in Gaston County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 832 students were enrolled, with about 15.4 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical North Carolina middle school (16.2 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 465 North Carolina middle schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 6–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 832 students
- Students per teacher
- 15.4 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Small
- School district
- Gaston County Schools
- County
- Gaston County
- NCES school ID
- 370162000712
Schools near Southwest Middle
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Public · Grades 6–8 · 712 students
Clover Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 969 students
W C Friday Middle School
Public · Grades 6–8 · 618 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.