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The public schools with the highest share of Black students in Catawba County, North Carolina

43 public schools in Catawba County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the public schools with the highest share of Black students, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Southwest Primary leads the list at 25.7%, against a median of 7.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Catawba County, North Carolina

Top % Black

25.7%

Median % Black

7.3%

MOST BLACK · CATAWBA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Southwest Primary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	292	75	25.7%
2	Viewmont Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	509	129	25.3%
3	Longview Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	269	62	23.1%
4	Grandview Middle	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	347	79	22.8%
5	Saint Stephens Elementary	Conover, NC	Catawba County Schools	711	146	20.5%
6	Hickory High	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	1,024	196	19.1%
7	Northview Middle	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	481	86	17.9%
8	Oakwood Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	336	59	17.6%
9	South Newton Elementary	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	328	52	15.8%
10	Newton-Conover Middle	Conover, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	559	71	12.7%
11	W M Jenkins Elementary	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	276	35	12.7%
12	North Newton Elementary	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	388	45	11.6%
13	Hickory Career Arts Magnet High School	Hickory, NC	Hickory City Schools	201	22	10.9%
14	Conover Special Education	Conover, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	107	11	10.3%
15	Claremont Elementary	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	462	47	10.2%
16	Newton-Conover High	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	724	71	9.8%
17	Webb A Murray Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	380	37	9.7%
18	Saint Stephens High	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	1,268	109	8.6%
19	Maiden Elementary	Maiden, NC	Catawba County Schools	562	48	8.5%
20	Bunker Hill High	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	845	69	8.2%
21	Catawba Elementary School	Catawba, NC	Catawba County Schools	450	33	7.3%
22	Harry M Arndt Middle	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	601	44	7.3%
23	Shuford Elementary	Conover, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	402	26	6.5%
24	River Bend Middle	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	450	29	6.4%
25	Maiden High	Maiden, NC	Catawba County Schools	852	54	6.3%
26	Mill Creek Middle	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	477	29	6.1%
27	Sherrills Ford Elementary	Sherrills Ford, NC	Catawba County Schools	633	38	6.0%
28	Startown Elementary	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	540	32	5.9%
29	Jacobs Fork Middle	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	482	28	5.8%
30	Oxford Elementary	Claremont, NC	Catawba County Schools	540	29	5.4%
31	Blackburn Elementary	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	484	24	5.0%
32	Mountain View Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	708	33	4.7%
33	Maiden Middle School	Maiden, NC	Catawba County Schools	451	21	4.7%
34	Bandys High	Catawba, NC	Catawba County Schools	935	42	4.5%
35	Clyde Campbell Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	505	22	4.4%
36	Balls Creek Elementary	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	686	29	4.2%
37	Fred T Foard High	Newton, NC	Catawba County Schools	930	30	3.2%
38	Lyle Creek Elementary	Conover, NC	Catawba County Schools	458	14	3.1%
39	Discovery High School	Newton, NC	Newton Conover City Schools	146	4	2.7%
40	Challenger Early College High	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	376	10	2.7%
41	Snow Creek Elementary	Hickory, NC	Catawba County Schools	551	14	2.5%
42	Banoak Elementary	Vale, NC	Catawba County Schools	291	5	1.7%
43	Charles H Tuttle Elementary	Maiden, NC	Catawba County Schools	368	4	1.1%

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