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Bessemer City Middle School
525 Ed Wilson Road, Bessemer City, NC, 28016-0624 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Bessemer City Middle School
School Level Middle school
Grades Offered Grades 6 - 8
County Gaston County, NC
Students & Faculty
Total Students 595 students
% Male / % Female 53%  /  47%
Total Classroom Teachers 40 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 6 - 198 students
Grade 7 - 198 students
Grade 8 - 199 students
This School
(NC) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:15 1:15
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(NC) School Average
% American Indian n/a 1%
% Asian n/a 2%
% Hispanic 5% 7%
% Black 27% 33%
% White 68% 55%
Additional Student Information
This School
(NC) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 56% 36%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 8% 8%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(NC) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Gaston County s School District
This School's Agency
(NC) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 53 12
Number of Students Managed 32,862 students 6,224 students
District Total Revenue $219,320,000 $49,999,000
District Expenditure $220,311,000 $49,784,000
District Revenue / Student $6,674 $8,033
District Expenditure / Student $6,704 $7,999
In the News:
  • Couple honored after love blossoms at the gas pump (The Gaston Gazette)
    posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:32:41 pm
    Jackie Page met her future husband Tres in a convenience store at a gas station. “We started talking about the weather and we’ve been together ever since,” Jackie Page said. They dated for eight years before getting tying the knot and now have...
  • Bessemer City fights high school dropout rate (The Shelby Star)
    posted on March 4, 2009 at 10:23:45 pm
    In Bessemer City, a little more than half of the high schoolers who started as freshmen in 2004 graduated four years later.That 55 percent graduation rate statistic prompted Bessemer City Middle School counselor Kris Smetak and other teachers to action.A
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (28016)
School Zip (28016)
(NC) State Average
Population (Approximate) 14,363 people 7,780,958 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 12% 24%
Population Average Age 34 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.6 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $35,695 $39,726
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.1 rooms 5.3 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 33 years old 32 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (28016)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 71% / 29% 66% / 34%
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4. York Chester Middle School - 532 students - 6.1 mi. away - view location
5. Southwest Middle School - 821 students - 6.6 mi. away - view location
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