Catawba County Schools
Public school district based in Hickory, North Carolina. NCES district ID 3700690; state ID NC-180.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
28
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
16,003
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
904.5
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
17.7
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 269 | |
| Kindergarten | 1,148 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,118 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,136 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,213 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,171 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,173 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,169 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,273 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,189 | |
| Grade 9 | 1,303 | |
| Grade 10 | 1,325 | |
| Grade 11 | 1,292 | |
| Grade 12 | 1,224 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | Suppressed | |
| Asian | 7.8% | |
| Black or African American | 6.4% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 19.6% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 8.1% | |
| White | 58.1% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 48.9% | |
| Male | 51.1% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 2, Suburb 12, Rural 14.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Stephens High Hickory | 9–12 | Regular | 1,268 | 57.4 | 22.1 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Bandys High Catawba | 9–12 | Regular | 935 | 40.3 | 23.2 | Rural: Fringe |
| Fred T Foard High Newton | 9–12 | Regular | 930 | 42.6 | 21.8 | Rural: Fringe |
| Maiden High Maiden | 9–12 | Regular | 852 | 41.1 | 20.7 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Bunker Hill High Claremont | 9–12 | Regular | 845 | 40.0 | 21.1 | Rural: Fringe |
| Saint Stephens Elementary Conover | K–6 | Regular | 711 | 47.3 | 15 | City: Small |
| Mountain View Elementary Hickory | K–6 | Regular | 708 | 40.4 | 17.5 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Balls Creek Elementary Newton | PK–6 | Regular | 686 | 41.6 | 16.5 | Rural: Fringe |
| Sherrills Ford Elementary Sherrills Ford | K–6 | Regular | 633 | 35.3 | 17.9 | Rural: Fringe |
| Harry M Arndt Middle Hickory | 7–8 | Regular | 601 | 35.9 | 16.7 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Maiden Elementary Maiden | PK–6 | Regular | 562 | 31.8 | 17.7 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Snow Creek Elementary Hickory | PK–6 | Regular | 551 | 36.4 | 15.2 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Oxford Elementary Claremont | PK–6 | Regular | 540 | 33.0 | 16.4 | Rural: Fringe |
| Startown Elementary Newton | PK–6 | Regular | 540 | 34.2 | 15.8 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Clyde Campbell Elementary Hickory | PK–6 | Regular | 505 | 31.2 | 16.2 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Blackburn Elementary Newton | K–6 | Regular | 484 | 27.9 | 17.3 | Rural: Fringe |
| Jacobs Fork Middle Newton | 7–8 | Regular | 482 | 29.5 | 16.3 | Rural: Fringe |
| Mill Creek Middle Claremont | 7–8 | Regular | 477 | 29.5 | 16.2 | Rural: Fringe |
| Claremont Elementary Claremont | PK–6 | Regular | 462 | 28.9 | 16 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Lyle Creek Elementary Conover | PK–6 | Regular | 458 | 31.2 | 14.7 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Maiden Middle School Maiden | 7–8 | Regular | 451 | 27.5 | 16.4 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Catawba Elementary School Catawba | PK–6 | Regular | 450 | 26.3 | 17.1 | Rural: Fringe |
| River Bend Middle Claremont | 7–8 | Regular | 450 | 27.1 | 16.6 | Rural: Fringe |
| Webb A Murray Elementary Hickory | PK–6 | Regular | 380 | 27.2 | 14 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Challenger Early College High Hickory | 9–12 | Regular | 376 | 11.2 | 33.5 | City: Small |
| Charles H Tuttle Elementary Maiden | K–6 | Regular | 368 | 21.9 | 16.8 | Rural: Fringe |
| Banoak Elementary Vale | K–6 | Regular | 291 | 17.5 | 16.7 | Rural: Distant |
| Catawba Rosenwald Education Center Catawba | K–12 | Special Education | 7 | 10.2 | 0.7check | Rural: Fringe |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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