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

23 public elementary schools in Catawba County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public elementary schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Oakwood Elementary leads the list at 68.1%, against a median of 51.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Catawba County, North Carolina

Top % Proficient (Reading)

68.1%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

51.9%

BEST IN READING · CATAWBA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Oakwood Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	336	68.1%
2	Mountain View Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	708	60.4%
3	Clyde Campbell Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	505	60.2%
4	Sherrills Ford Elementary	Sherrills Ford, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	633	59.8%
5	North Newton Elementary	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	Elementary	388	59.0%
6	Banoak Elementary	Vale, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	291	57.4%
7	Maiden Elementary	Maiden, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	562	55.2%
8	Snow Creek Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	551	55.0%
9	Blackburn Elementary	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	484	54.2%
10	Shuford Elementary	Conover, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	Elementary	402	53.5%
11	Balls Creek Elementary	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	686	53.4%
12	Charles H Tuttle Elementary	Maiden, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	368	51.9%
13	Startown Elementary	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	540	50.7%
14	W M Jenkins Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	276	50.4%
15	South Newton Elementary	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	Elementary	328	50.0%
16	Lyle Creek Elementary	Conover, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	458	47.0%
17	Claremont Elementary	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	462	45.0%
18	Longview Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	269	44.4%
19	Webb A Murray Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	380	43.6%
20	Catawba Elementary School	Catawba, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	450	43.0%
21	Oxford Elementary	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	540	34.6%
22	Saint Stephens Elementary	Conover, NC	Catawba County Schools	Elementary	711	34.4%
23	Viewmont Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	Elementary	509	32.3%

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