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The highest-poverty public schools in Catawba County, North Carolina

43 public schools in Catawba County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Saint Stephens High leads the list at 99.8%, against a median of 99.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Catawba County, North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.8%

Median % FRL

99.1%

HIGHEST POVERTY · CATAWBA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Saint Stephens High	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	High	1,268	99.8%
2	Hickory High	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	High	1,024	99.7%
3	Bunker Hill High	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	High	845	99.6%
4	Saint Stephens Elementary	Conover, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	711	99.6%
5	Mountain View Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	708	99.6%
6	Balls Creek Elementary	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	686	99.6%
7	Harry M Arndt Middle	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	Middle	601	99.5%
8	Newton-Conover Middle	Conover, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	Middle	559	99.5%
9	Snow Creek Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	551	99.5%
10	Startown Elementary	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	540	99.4%
11	Viewmont Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	509	99.4%
12	Clyde Campbell Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	505	99.4%
13	Northview Middle	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Middle	481	99.4%
14	Claremont Elementary	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	462	99.4%
15	Lyle Creek Elementary	Conover, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	458	99.3%
16	Catawba Elementary School	Catawba, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	450	99.3%
17	River Bend Middle	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	Middle	450	99.3%
18	North Newton Elementary	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	Elementary	388	99.2%
19	Webb A Murray Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	380	99.2%
20	Charles H Tuttle Elementary	Maiden, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	368	99.2%
21	Grandview Middle	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Middle	347	99.1%
22	Oakwood Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	336	99.1%
23	South Newton Elementary	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	Elementary	328	99.1%
24	Southwest Primary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	292	99.0%
25	Banoak Elementary	Vale, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	291	99.0%
26	Blackburn Elementary	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	484	99.0%
27	Maiden Elementary	Maiden, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	562	98.9%
28	W M Jenkins Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	276	98.9%
29	Maiden Middle School	Maiden, NC	Catawba County Schools	Middle	451	98.9%
30	Longview Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	269	98.9%
31	Oxford Elementary	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	540	98.7%
32	Hickory Career Arts Magnet High School	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	High	201	98.5%
33	Conover Special Education	Conover, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	Combined	107	97.2%
34	Shuford Elementary	Conover, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	Elementary	402	96.3%
35	Newton-Conover High	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	High	724	60.5%
36	Jacobs Fork Middle	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	Middle	482	52.9%
37	Challenger Early College High	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	High	376	49.5%
38	Maiden High	Maiden, NC	Catawba County Schools	High	852	49.1%
39	Fred T Foard High	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	High	930	46.9%
40	Mill Creek Middle	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	Middle	477	45.9%
41	Sherrills Ford Elementary	Sherrills Ford, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	633	42.3%
42	Bandys High	Catawba, NC	Catawba County Schools	High	935	40.5%
43	Discovery High School	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	High	146	29.5%

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