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W H Gaston Middle Middle School, Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 69 | 78 | 73 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 74 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,143 | 1,126 | 1,185 | 1,113 | 1,058 | 967 | 908 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 374 | 32.7% | 395 | 35.1% | 429 | 36.2% | 368 | 33.1% | 389 | 36.8% | 342 | 35.4% | 319 | 35.1% |
| Grade 7: | 387 | 33.9% | 382 | 33.9% | 378 | 31.9% | 396 | 35.6% | 351 | 33.2% | 313 | 32.4% | 286 | 31.5% |
| Grade 8: | 382 | 33.4% | 349 | 31.0% | 378 | 31.9% | 349 | 31.4% | 318 | 30.1% | 312 | 32.3% | 303 | 33.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 589 | 51.5% | 569 | 50.5% | 598 | 50.5% | 540 | 48.5% | 526 | 49.7% | 493 | 51.0% | 465 | 51.2% |
| Female: | 554 | 48.5% | 557 | 49.5% | 587 | 49.5% | 573 | 51.5% | 524 | 49.5% | 466 | 48.2% | 439 | 48.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 4 | 0.3% | 7 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.3% | 13 | 1.2% | 10 | 1.0% | 15 | 1.7% |
| Hispanic: | 875 | 76.6% | 874 | 77.6% | 937 | 79.1% | 890 | 80.0% | 839 | 79.3% | 734 | 75.9% | 667 | 73.5% |
| Black: | 216 | 18.9% | 194 | 17.2% | 177 | 14.9% | 152 | 13.7% | 134 | 12.7% | 163 | 16.9% | 157 | 17.3% |
| White: | 40 | 3.5% | 39 | 3.5% | 57 | 4.8% | 55 | 4.9% | 69 | 6.5% | 57 | 5.9% | 67 | 7.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 4 | 0.3% | 7 | 0.6% | 6 | 0.5% | 6 | 0.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 1,024 | 89.6% | 988 | 87.7% | 1,024 | 86.4% | 906 | 81.4% | 852 | 80.5% | 733 | 75.8% | 653 | 71.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 39 | 3.4% | 46 | 4.1% | 49 | 4.1% | 96 | 8.6% | 91 | 8.6% | 94 | 9.7% | 113 | 12.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.69 | 14.53 | 16.23 | 14.17 | 13.81 | 13.40 | 12.40 | |||||||
* W H Gaston Middle Middle School, Students and Teachers was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.