A closer look at Gaston’s 2024-25 student proficiency scores

Recently, the data from North Carolina accountable assessments offered an idea of ​​how competent students are in each school area.

According to tests, 48.4% of more than 41,000 students in Gaston County were accepted as competent at class level.

Here is a closer look at how local students have changed in all matters from 2023-24 academic year to 2024-25.

Maths

At a school board meeting on September 15, Tonya Kales and Kelly Cunningham made a presentation comparing the results of 2024 with 2025 results.

In mathematics, 3-8. The total qualification score of the students in the classrooms in 2025 was 49.8.

2025 points of each individual class level and how it changes as percentage points from last year is as follows:

• Fourth Grade – 50.6, +4.3

• Eighth grade – 44.9, +1.8

At high school level, 38.9% of the students who received North Carolina Math received competent points;

In addition, 59.1% of students who received NC Math III at high school level received competent scores with an increase of 5.8 percent compared to last year.

Kales said that more than 95% of the 12th grade students received the same result as last year.

Science and Biology

The science test applies only to fifth and eighth grade students. This year, he applied new evaluations and standards for the state science test, so there is no comparison with last year’s points according to Kales.

With the new evaluations, the first year, 55.4% of the fifth grade students and 53% of the eighth grade students received competent scores.

In high school biology tests, 41.2% of the students were competent.

Reading and Language

Reading tests showed that 45.3% of the third eighth grade students were competent and an increase of 1.8 percent compared to last year.

Percentage points on how each class level is scored and increased or reduced.

• Fifth Grade -44.1%, +1.3

• SIXTH CLASS -44.9%, +1.8

• Seventh grade -45.8%, +1.5

• Eighth grade -49.9%, +4.5

At high school level, 51.8% of the students who received English II were competent, less than last year.

Other areas

One of the eleventh grade students who took the law, a test that evaluates the ready for university, 45.8% is competent, an increase of 14.9 percent compared to last year.

Kales, Gaston County schools focusing on CTE paths focusing on high school students, “successful skills” evaluating whether they evaluate the evaluation of the evaluation of the work.

55.9% of the students who took the evaluation of their workshops obtained a silver certificate or a higher profit, which fell by 5.7 percent points compared to last year.

Gaston County Learnings in English Schools are trying to gain competence in English, and this year, 33% of these students are competent, said there was an increase of 6.4 percent since last year.

This article was initially published in the Gaston Newspaper: Gaston County Students’ competence points in 2025