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The public schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Burke County, North Carolina

This ranking covers the public schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Burke County, North Carolina, drawn from 24 qualifying public schools. Icard Elementary leads the list at 12.7:1, against a median of 15.7:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Burke County, North Carolina

Best Students/teacher

12.7:1

Median Students/teacher

15.7:1

LOWEST RATIO · BURKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Icard Elementary	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	265	12.7:1
2	W A Young Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	327	12.9:1
3	Walter R Johnson Middle	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Middle	441	13.0:1
4	Glen Alpine Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	295	13.2:1
5	Table Rock Middle	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Middle	427	14.0:1
6	Hillcrest Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	254	14.0:1
7	Mull Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	291	14.3:1
8	Mountain View Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	762	14.6:1
9	New Dimensions	Morganton, NC	The New Dimensions School	Elementary	569	14.8:1
10	George Hildebrand Elementary	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	327	14.8:1
11	Oak Hill Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	310	15.3:1
12	Liberty Middle	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Middle	453	15.6:1
13	Ray Childers Elementary	Hickory, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	460	15.8:1
14	Forest Hill Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	305	15.9:1
15	East Burke Middle	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	Middle	630	15.9:1
16	Heritage Middle	Valdese, NC	Burke County Schools	Middle	475	16.2:1
17	Drexel Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	477	16.4:1
18	Salem Elementary	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	476	17.0:1
19	Valdese Elementary	Valdese, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	530	17.8:1
20	Hildebran Elementary	Hildebran, NC	Burke County Schools	Elementary	297	18.5:1
21	Freedom High	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	High	1,299	22.7:1
22	East Burke High	Connelly Springs, NC	Burke County Schools	High	874	23.1:1
23	Patton High School	Morganton, NC	Burke County Schools	High	756	24.4:1
24	Draughn High School	Valdese, NC	Burke County Schools	High	661	27.3:1

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