384 Frank Burns Way
Kings Mountain, NC 28086

Our school is striving to be one of the top ten schools in North Carolina. Our mission is to continue to provide excellent care to our parents and students. To keep our students engaged in learning and motivated about coming to school. Last year we was not only a school of excellence but we was among the second in our district to school the highest on the EOG's and we met AYP. Our school gives not excellent customer service but we believe in involving our community and parents in our goals for the school. We have high qualified staff and resource teachers. We feed into one of the top rated high schools in Cleveland County. Our superintendent along with our board of education support and encourages our success of our students by holding us accountable of "high expectations". I think others should know that the teaching staff at Bethware along with the administration has passion for what we do. Our school can improve by continue to strive higher and harder at closing the gaps in our students math and reading goals across the board regardless of race and ethnicity. I like that we are family oriented meaning we know that everybody has to do their part in order for a child to succeed.

I currently go there as a sophomore, and I love this school and have always been in Kings Mountain schools. I love the teachers and staff there they do very well in teaching and being entertaining at the same time. Their program for Honors and AP classes is very well done, they always give you a challenge every once in a while.

If you like having your kids suspended just on the word of another student, this school is a great for you. If not, I do not recommend this place. If you like to be handed an MIR every day by your child for simple things like talking, or being in the hall, or going to the bathroom, etc, this is a great school for you. If not, do not waste your time. It did not matter how many teacher changes or administration changes, this school remained terrible.

There has never been a day where my child has not come home complaining. The food is awful and makes them sick to their stomach. The teachers only worry about getting good reviews rather than what the students feel. When there are no parents around the teachers are extremely disrespectful and rude. If you are a teacher and can not put up with a teenager (which is your job) then you need to go into a different career path. There is explicit exclusion to children of the LGBTQ+ community.Under no circumstances would I recommend sending your kids here. It is practically a prison.

I am part of the first class and I have experienced what I wouldn't have experienced if I went to an original high school. I am blessed and proud. you are pushed to do great things that you are capable of to succeed. The teachers help you tremendously if you have misunderstandings. We are crew not passenger, a leader not a follower, and we work together as one. The academics are based on expodential learning with outward bound while also challenging you to be all that you can to strive for the best.