Gaston Day School

B 4.8 North Carolina, US

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Overall

Matriculation B+

Academics B-

Extracurriculars B

Community B

Reviews B

At Gaston Day School, the student is at the center of everything we do. We strive to educate our students and prepare them for academic success and responsible, productive lives. Gaston Day offers an experience that rewards students for a lifetime and gives them an education that goes far beyond our educational curriculum.

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Current School

Tuition

$21325

Enrollment

445

International Students

14%

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

30%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:8

Endowment

$8.5 millions

Average SAT Score

1180

Average ACT Score

Class Size

Matriculation

(2023)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#3	Stanford University	1 +
#3	Yale University	1 +
#7	Johns Hopkins University	1 +
#10	Duke University	1 +
#12	Dartmouth College	1 +
#13	Vanderbilt University	1 +
#18	University of Notre Dame	1 +
#20	University of California: Los Angeles	1 +
#22	Emory University	1 +
#25	New York University	1 +
#25	University of Virginia	1 +
#29	University of Florida	1 +
#29	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1 +
#29	Wake Forest University	1 +
#32	Tufts University	1 +
#34	University of California: San Diego	1 +
#36	University of Rochester	1 +
#38	University of California: Davis	1 +
#41	Boston University	1 +
#44	Tulane University	1 +
#49	University of Georgia	1 +
#51	Lehigh University	1 +
#51	Purdue University	1 +
#55	Florida State University	1 +
#55	Rhodes College	1 +
#55	University of Miami	1 +
#62	George Washington University	1 +
#62	Syracuse University	1 +
#62	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1 +
#68	St. Lawrence University	1 +
#70	Wofford College	1 +
#72	American University	1 +
#72	Indiana University Bloomington	1 +
#72	North Carolina State University	1 +
LAC #15	Davidson College	1 +
#77	Baylor University	1 +
#77	Clemson University	1 +
#89	Colorado School of Mines	1 +
#89	Elon University	1 +
LAC #18	University of Richmond	1 +
	Auburn University	1 +
#105	Drexel University	1 +
#105	University of Denver	1 +
#115	University of South Carolina: Columbia	1 +
#120	Roanoke College	1 +
#124	Presbyterian College	1 +
#124	Salem College	1 +
#127	Samford University	1 +
#151	University of Mississippi	1 +
LAC #31	Kenyon College	1 +
#182	Belmont University	1 +
#182	Missouri University of Science and Technology	1 +
#182	University of Houston	1 +
LAC #39	Denison University	1 +
#202	University of North Carolina at Wilmington	1 +
#219	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	1 +
#219	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	1 +
LAC #45	Furman University	1 +
#234	East Carolina University	1 +
#234	Pace University	1 +
LAC #51	The University of the South	1 +
#263	Bowling Green State University	1 +
#263	Western Carolina University	1 +
LAC #55	Centre College	1 +
#299	Campbell University	1 +
#299	Lincoln Memorial University	1 +
	Anderson University	1 +
	Appalachian State University	1 +
	Augusta University	1 +
	Babson College	1 +
	Belmont Abbey College	1 +
	Catawba College	1 +
	Coastal Carolina University	1 +
	Coker College	1 +
	College of Charleston	1 +
	College of William and Mary	1 +
	Concordia University	1 +
	Delta State University	1 +
	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Daytona Beach Campus	1 +
	Greensboro College	1 +
	High Point University	1 +
	Lees-McRae College	1 +
	Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College	1 +
	Marion Military Institute	1 +
	Minneapolis College of Art and Design	1 +
	Newberry College	1 +
	Queens University of Charlotte	1 +
	Rhode Island School of Design	1 +
	Savannah College of Art and Design	1 +
	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	1 +
	St. Andrews University	1 +
	Sweet Briar College	1 +
	The Citadel	1 +
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1 +
	University of North Carolina at Asheville	1 +
	University of North Carolina at Pembroke	1 +
	University of North Carolina School of the Arts	1 +
	University of South Carolina: Beaufort	1 +
	University of Tennessee: Knoxville	1 +
	West Virginia Wesleyan College	1 +
	Winthrop University	1 +

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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2018-2022	2018-2021	2017-2020	2017-2019	Total
	All schools	58	117	22	41	23
#2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology					1 +admitted	1
#3	Harvard College					1 +admitted	1
#3	Stanford University	1 +					1
#5	Yale University	1 +				1 +admitted	2
#7	Duke University	1 +	1	1 +	1 +	1 +admitted	5
#9	Johns Hopkins University	1 +	1		1 +		3
#9	Brown University					1 +admitted	1
#15	University of California: Los Angeles	1 +	1	1 +			3
#15	University of California: Berkeley				1 +		1
#17	Rice University		1				1
#18	Dartmouth College	1 +	1		1 +		3
#18	Vanderbilt University	1 +	1	1 +	1 +	1 +admitted	5
#20	University of Notre Dame	1 +	1		1 +		3
#22	Georgetown University		1				1
#22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1 +	1	1 +	1 +	1 +admitted	5
#24	Washington University in St. Louis				1 +		1
#24	Emory University	1 +	1		1 +	1 +admitted	4
#24	University of Virginia	1 +	1	1 +	1 +		4
#24	Carnegie Mellon University		1				1
#28	University of California: Davis	1 +	1		1 +		3
#28	University of Southern California		1				1
#28	University of California: San Diego	1 +	1	1 +	1 +		4
#28	University of Florida	1 +	1				2
#33	University of California: Irvine		1				1
#35	University of Wisconsin-Madison		1				1
#35	New York University	1 +	1	1 +	1 +		4
#35	University of California: Santa Barbara		1				1
#40	Tufts University	1 +	1		1 +		3
#40	University of Washington		1			1 +admitted	2
#43	Boston University	1 +	1		1 +		3
#47	Lehigh University	1 +	1				2
#47	Texas A&M University		1				1
#47	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1 +	1		1 +	1 +admitted	4
#47	University of Rochester	1 +	1		1 +		3
#47	Wake Forest University	1 +	1	1 +	1 +	1 +admitted	5
#47	University of Georgia	1 +	1				2
#51	Purdue University	1 +	1		1 +		3
#53	College of William and Mary	1 +	1				2
#53	Northeastern University		1				1
#53	Florida State University	1 +	1	1 +			3
#53	Case Western Reserve University		1				1
#58	SUNY University at Stony Brook		1				1
#60	Santa Clara University		1				1
#60	Michigan State University		1				1
#60	North Carolina State University	1 +	1	1 +	1 +	1 +admitted	5
#60	Brandeis University		1				1
#60	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute		1				1
#67	University of Massachusetts Amherst		1				1
#67	Villanova University		1				1
#67	University of Pittsburgh		1				1
#67	Syracuse University	1 +	1		1 +		3
#67	University of Miami	1 +	1	1 +			3
#67	George Washington University	1 +	1		1 +		3
#73	SUNY University at Binghamton		1				1
#73	Indiana University Bloomington	1 +	1		1 +		3
#73	Tulane University	1 +	1		1 +		3
#76	Colorado School of Mines	1 +	1				2
#76	Pepperdine University		1				1
#86	Marquette University		1				1
#86	Clemson University	1 +	1	1 +	1 +	1 +admitted	5
#89	University of South Florida		1				1
#89	Southern Methodist University		1				1
#89	Temple University		1				1
#93	Auburn University	1 +	1			1 +admitted	3
#93	Baylor University	1 +	1				2
#98	Drexel University	1 +	1		1 +	1 +admitted	4
#105	Arizona State University		1			1 +admitted	2
#105	Saint Louis University		1				1
#105	American University	1 +	1	1 +	1 +		4
#105	University of Tennessee: Knoxville	1 +	1				2
#105	University of Colorado Boulder		1				1
#124	University of Denver	1 +	1		1 +		3
#124	University of South Carolina: Columbia	1 +	1		1 +	1 +admitted	4
#124	James Madison University		1			1 +admitted	2
#124	University of Central Florida		1				1
#133	Elon University	1 +	1	1 +	1 +	1 +admitted	5
#133	University of Houston	1 +	1		1 +		3
#137	University of Alabama		1	1 +	1 +	1 +admitted	4
#142	Virginia Commonwealth University		1				1
#142	Loyola University Chicago		1				1
#151	University of Rhode Island		1				1
#151	Seton Hall University		1				1
#159	University of Kentucky		1				1
#163	University of Mississippi	1 +	1			1 +admitted	3
#170	University of Hawaii at Manoa		1				1
#170	Mercer University		1				1
#178	Drake University		1				1
#178	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	1 +	1	1 +	1 +		4
#185	Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College	1 +					1
#185	Missouri University of Science and Technology	1 +	1		1 +		3
#185	Samford University	1 +	1	1 +		1 +admitted	4
#185	Bradley University		1				1
#195	East Carolina University	1 +	1	1 +			3
#195	University of Tulsa		1		1 +		2
#201	University of North Carolina at Wilmington	1 +	1				2
#201	The New School College of Performing Arts		1				1
#201	Xavier University		1				1
#216	University of Massachusetts Boston		1				1
#216	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	1 +	1		1 +		3
#216	West Virginia University		1				1
#227	Western Carolina University	1 +	1	1 +	1 +		4
#236	Belmont University	1 +	1	1 +	1 +		4
#249	Pace University	1 +	1				2
#260	Winston-Salem State University		1				1
#269	Lincoln Memorial University	1 +	1	1 +	1 +		4
#269	University of Nevada: Las Vegas		1				1
#280	Hampton University		1				1
#280	Bowling Green State University	1 +					1
#304	Florida Gulf Coast University		1				1
#304	Middle Tennessee State University		1				1
#320	Campbell University	1 +	1				2
#320	East Tennessee State University		1				1
#332	Marshall University				1 +		1
#332	Augusta University	1 +	1				2
#356	Gardner-Webb University		1				1
#361	University of Montana		1				1
#376	Wingate University		1				1
#382	Palm Beach Atlantic University		1				1
	University of California: Santa Cruz		1				1
	University of California: Merced		1				1
	Brenau University					1 +admitted	1
	University of Nebraska - Lincoln		1	1 +			2
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1 +	1				2
	University of California: Riverside		1				1
	Mary Baldwin University		1				1
	Penn State University Park		1		1 +		2
	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus		1				1
	University of Maryland: College Park		1				1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2018-2022	2018-2021	2017-2020	2017-2019	Total
	All schools	15	40	2	12	8
#3	United States Naval Academy				1 +		1
#11	Wesleyan University		1				1
#11	Middlebury College		1				1
#11	Grinnell College		1				1
#16	Davidson College	1 +	1		1 +	1 +admitted	4
#21	Washington and Lee University		1			1 +admitted	2
#25	University of Richmond	1 +	1		1 +		3
#25	Colby College		1				1
#30	Bucknell University		1				1
#30	Bryn Mawr College		1				1
#33	Colorado College		1				1
#35	Franklin & Marshall College		1				1
#38	Skidmore College		1				1
#39	Denison University	1 +	1				2
#39	Kenyon College	1 +					1
#46	Dickinson College		1				1
#46	Whitman College		1				1
#46	Furman University	1 +	1		1 +	1 +admitted	4
#46	DePauw University		1				1
#51	The University of the South	1 +	1		1 +	1 +admitted	4
#51	Centre College	1 +	1		1 +		3
#56	Wheaton College					1 +admitted	1
#56	Rhodes College	1 +	1		1 +	1 +admitted	4
#56	soka university of america		1				1
#59	Wofford College	1 +	1	1 +	1 +	1 +admitted	5
#59	St. Lawrence University	1 +	1		1 +		3
#63	Agnes Scott College					1 +admitted	1
#116	Hampden-Sydney College		1				1
#121	Transylvania University		1				1
#124	Hollins University		1				1
#130	Roanoke College	1 +	1	1 +			3
#130	Meredith College		1				1
#130	Eckerd College		1				1
#139	University of North Carolina at Asheville	1 +	1		1 +		3
#139	Presbyterian College	1 +	1				2
#139	Salem College	1 +	1		1 +		3
#167	Bridgewater College		1				1
#167	Guilford College		1				1
#180	Sweet Briar College	1 +	1		1 +		3
#181	Tougaloo College		1				1
#182	ave maria university		1				1
	United States Military Academy		1				1
	Young Harris College		1				1
	Warren Wilson College		1				1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2018-2022	2018-2021	2017-2020	2017-2019	Total
	All schools	0	1	0	0	0
#1	University of Toronto		1				1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2018-2022	2018-2021	2017-2020	2017-2019	Total
	All schools	0	1	0	0	0
#3	University College London		1				1

AP Scores

(2023)

86%

Score 5

Score 4

Score 3

Other scores

Academics

AP

(9)

Biology	Calculus AB
Calculus BC	Chemistry
English Language and Composition	English Literature and Composition

Sports

(9)

Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	Golf
Soccer	Swimming

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(5)

Chess Club (2nd - 8th)	Cheer and Dance (PK - 4th)
Tennis Club Session 1 (K - 8th)	Tennis Club Session 2 (K - 8th)
Tennis Club Session 3 (K - 8th)

Arts

(10)

Chorus	Drama
Jazz	Piano
Vocal	Ceramics

Contact Info

http://www.gastonday.org/

2001 Gaston Day School Road, Gastonia, NC 28056

704-864-7744

Dhobson@gastonday.org

North Carolina

Basic Info

Co-ed

Day S. Grades: K-12

Urban

ESL: Yes

Year Founded: 1967

Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/15

Interview: Skype, On Campus

Other Accepted Scores: ISEE

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Nearby City

Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte, a major city and commercial hub in North Carolina, is known for its vibrant Uptown area. The Levine Museum of the New South offers a deep dive into post-Civil War history, while Discovery Place features engaging science exhibits. Charlotte is also home to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, celebrating the sport of auto racing with interactive displays and films. The city boasts a growing skyline and is a central point for banking and business in the region.

Population (2022) 687,456

Cost of Living Lower than the national average 3%

Nearby Airport Charlotte Douglas International Airport

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