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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| # | School | City | % Proficient (Reading) | Rank change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oakwood Elementary | Hickory, NC | 68.1% | — |
| 2 | Mountain View Elementary | Hickory, NC | 60.4% | — |
| 3 | Clyde Campbell Elementary | Hickory, NC | 60.2% | — |
| 4 | Sherrills Ford Elementary | Sherrills Ford, NC | 59.8% | — |
| 5 | North Newton Elementary | Newton, NC | 59.0% | — |
| 6 | Banoak Elementary | Vale, NC | 57.4% | — |
| 7 | Maiden Elementary | Maiden, NC | 55.2% | — |
| 8 | Snow Creek Elementary | Hickory, NC | 55.0% | — |
| 9 | Blackburn Elementary | Newton, NC | 54.2% | — |
| 10 | Shuford Elementary | Conover, NC | 53.5% | — |
| 11 | Balls Creek Elementary | Newton, NC | 53.4% | — |
| 12 | Charles H Tuttle Elementary | Maiden, NC | 51.9% | — |
| 13 | Startown Elementary | Newton, NC | 50.7% | — |
| 14 | W M Jenkins Elementary | Hickory, NC | 50.4% | — |
| 15 | South Newton Elementary | Newton, NC | 50.0% | — |
| 16 | Lyle Creek Elementary | Conover, NC | 47.0% | — |
| 17 | Claremont Elementary | Claremont, NC | 45.0% | — |
| 18 | Longview Elementary | Hickory, NC | 44.4% | — |
| 19 | Webb A Murray Elementary | Hickory, NC | 43.6% | — |
| 20 | Catawba Elementary School | Catawba, NC | 43.0% | — |
| 21 | Oxford Elementary | Claremont, NC | 34.6% | — |
| 22 | Saint Stephens Elementary | Conover, NC | 34.4% | — |
| 23 | Viewmont Elementary | Hickory, NC | 32.3% | — |
Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.
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