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Districts
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Gaston County School District
30,281 students | GASTONIA, NC
Grades PK, K-12 | 57 schools
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Reviews From Schools in Gastonia
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September 19, 2025
i played this school fora football game and teachers where smoking people where cursing and playing rap DO NOT GO
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Hunter Huss High School
Parent / Guardian
September 16, 2025
The school does draw from low income areas of the district; therefore there isn’t as much parent involvement or support. Behavioral issues are an issue but the school is good at handling them so that... More
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Pleasant Ridge Elementary School
Parent / Guardian
September 12, 2025
I moved here from charlotte and it has been a nightmare since my child been there the principal don’t like black ppl I wouldn’t recommend no child there the principal is very disrespectful and so on.
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W A Bess Elementary School