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

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public elementary schools in Catawba County, North Carolina, drawn from 24 qualifying public elementary schools. Saint Stephens Elementary leads the list at 99.6%, against a median of 99.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Catawba County, North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.6%

Median % FRL

99.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · CATAWBA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Saint Stephens Elementary	Conover, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	711	99.6%
2	Mountain View Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	708	99.6%
3	Balls Creek Elementary	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	686	99.6%
4	Snow Creek Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	551	99.5%
5	Startown Elementary	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	540	99.4%
6	Viewmont Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	509	99.4%
7	Clyde Campbell Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	505	99.4%
8	Claremont Elementary	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	462	99.4%
9	Lyle Creek Elementary	Conover, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	458	99.3%
10	Catawba Elementary School	Catawba, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	450	99.3%
11	North Newton Elementary	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	Elementary	388	99.2%
12	Webb A Murray Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	380	99.2%
13	Charles H Tuttle Elementary	Maiden, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	368	99.2%
14	Oakwood Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	336	99.1%
15	South Newton Elementary	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	Elementary	328	99.1%
16	Southwest Primary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	292	99.0%
17	Banoak Elementary	Vale, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	291	99.0%
18	Blackburn Elementary	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	484	99.0%
19	Maiden Elementary	Maiden, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	562	98.9%
20	W M Jenkins Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	276	98.9%
21	Longview Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	269	98.9%
22	Oxford Elementary	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	540	98.7%
23	Shuford Elementary	Conover, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	Elementary	402	96.3%
24	Sherrills Ford Elementary	Sherrills Ford, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	633	42.3%

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