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Catawba County Schools

Newton, North Carolina · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

16,003
Students enrolled
28
Public schools
920
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.4:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 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

By race/ethnicity

  • White 58%
  • Hispanic/Latino 20%
  • Two or more races 8%
  • Asian 8%
  • Black or African American 6%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

84% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 13,401 of 15,996 students in the 27 of its 28 schools that report
  • Free lunch 81%
  • Reduced-price lunch 3%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$11,777 spent per student on day-to-day operations North Carolina median: $12,409 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,264
  • Support services $3,871
  • Other (food service, etc.) $642

Where the money comes from

  • Local 29%
  • State 57%
  • Federal 14%

Total revenue $213.8 milliontotal spending $216.1 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: MidsizeStudents: 47% rural, 46% suburb, 7% city

Total staff (FTE)

2,003

District office

2285 North Anderson Avenue, Newton NC 28658

County

Catawba County

Official website

NCES District ID

3700690

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About Catawba County Schools

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Public Schools in Catawba County Schools (28)

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Saint Stephens High

Hickory, NC · Grades 09–12 · 1,268 students · High

Bandys High

Catawba, NC · Grades 09–12 · 935 students · High

Fred T Foard High

Newton, NC · Grades 09–12 · 930 students · High

Maiden High

Maiden, NC · Grades 09–12 · 852 students · High

Bunker Hill High

Claremont, NC · Grades 09–12 · 845 students · High

Saint Stephens Elementary

Conover, NC · Grades KG–06 · 711 students · Elementary

Mountain View Elementary

Hickory, NC · Grades KG–06 · 708 students · Elementary

Balls Creek Elementary

Newton, NC · Grades PK–06 · 686 students · Elementary

Sherrills Ford Elementary

Sherrills Ford, NC · Grades KG–06 · 633 students · Elementary

Harry M Arndt Middle

Hickory, NC · Grades 07–08 · 601 students · Middle

Maiden Elementary

Maiden, NC · Grades PK–06 · 562 students · Elementary

Snow Creek Elementary

Hickory, NC · Grades PK–06 · 551 students · Elementary

Oxford Elementary

Claremont, NC · Grades PK–06 · 540 students · Elementary

Startown Elementary

Newton, NC · Grades PK–06 · 540 students · Elementary

Clyde Campbell Elementary

Hickory, NC · Grades PK–06 · 505 students · Elementary

Blackburn Elementary

Newton, NC · Grades KG–06 · 484 students · Elementary

Jacobs Fork Middle

Newton, NC · Grades 07–08 · 482 students · Middle

Mill Creek Middle

Claremont, NC · Grades 07–08 · 477 students · Middle

Claremont Elementary

Claremont, NC · Grades PK–06 · 462 students · Elementary

Lyle Creek Elementary

Conover, NC · Grades PK–06 · 458 students · Elementary

Maiden Middle School

Maiden, NC · Grades 07–08 · 451 students · Middle

Catawba Elementary School

Catawba, NC · Grades PK–06 · 450 students · Elementary

River Bend Middle

Claremont, NC · Grades 07–08 · 450 students · Middle

Webb A Murray Elementary

Hickory, NC · Grades PK–06 · 380 students · Elementary