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The largest public schools in Catawba County, North Carolina

This ranking covers the largest public schools in Catawba County, North Carolina, drawn from 44 qualifying public schools. Saint Stephens High leads the list at 1,268, against a median of 479 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Catawba County, North Carolina

Top Students

1,268

Median Students

479

LARGEST · CATAWBA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

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

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