Lately launched information from North Carolina accountability assessments provided perception as to how proficient college students are in every faculty district.
In Gaston County, 48.4% of greater than 41,000 college students had been thought of grade-level proficient, in accordance with the checks.
Here’s a nearer have a look at how native college students’ proficiency has modified in every topic from the 2023-24 faculty 12 months to 2024-25.
Math
At a college board assembly on Sept. 15, Tonya Kales and Kelly Cunningham gave a presentation evaluating the 2024 proficiency outcomes with the 2025 outcomes.
In math, college students in grades 3-8 had an general proficiency rating of 49.8 in 2025, a 2.3 proportion level enhance from the prior 12 months.
Every particular person grade degree’s 2025 rating and the way it modified in proportion factors from final 12 months is as follows:
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Fourth grade – 50.6, +4.3
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Eighth grade – 44.9, +1.8
At the highschool degree, 38.9% of scholars taking North Carolina Math I scored proficient, a 6.8 proportion level lower from final 12 months.
As well as, 59.1% of scholars taking NC Math III at the highschool degree obtained proficient scores, a 5.8 proportion level enhance from final 12 months.
Kales stated greater than 95% of twelfth grade college students who take Math III handed the category, the identical outcome as final 12 months.
Science and Biology
Science testing applies solely to fifth and eighth grade college students. This 12 months, the state applied new assessments and requirements for science testing, so there isn’t any comparability to final 12 months’s scores, in accordance with Kales.
Within the first 12 months with the brand new assessments, 55.4% of fifth grade college students and 53% of eighth grade college students obtained proficient scores.
In highschool biology testing, 41.2% of scholars had been proficient.
Studying and language
Studying checks confirmed that 45.3% of scholars in grades third-eighth had been proficient, a 1.8 proportion level enhance from final 12 months.
Right here is how every grade degree scored, and the proportion factors by which they elevated or decreased.
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Fifth grade – 44.1%, +1.3
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Sixth grade – 44.9%, +1.8
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Seventh grade – 45.8%, +1.5
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Eighth grade – 49.9%, +4.5
At the highschool degree, 51.8% of scholars taking English II had been proficient, one proportion level lower than final 12 months.
Different areas
Of the eleventh grade college students who took the ACT, a check that evaluates school readiness, 45.8% had been proficient, a 14.9 proportion level enhance from final 12 months.
Highschool college students concentrating on CTE pathways in Gaston County Faculties take the Workkeys evaluation, which evaluates whether or not they have, “the abilities to achieve success,” Kales stated.
Of the scholars who took the Workkeys evaluation, 55.9% earned a silver certificates or increased, a 5.7 proportion level lower from final 12 months.
English learners in Gaston County Faculties are working towards gaining proficiency in English and this 12 months, 33% of these college students had been proficient, a 6.4 proportion level enhance from final 12 months, Kales stated.
This text initially appeared on The Gaston Gazette: A breakdown of Gaston County college students’ proficiency scores in 2025
