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The most racially diverse public schools in Burke County, North Carolina

24 public schools in Burke County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Freedom High leads the list at 65.3%, against a median of 46.2% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Burke County, North Carolina

Top Diversity index

65.3%

Median Diversity index

46.2%

MOST DIVERSE · BURKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Freedom High	Morganton, NC	1,299	65.3%	45.8%(595)	7.2%(93)	35.3%(459)	4.2%(54)
2	Mountain View Elementary	Morganton, NC	762	64.0%	37.7%(287)	7.6%(58)	45.4%(346)	1.6%(12)
3	Forest Hill Elementary	Morganton, NC	305	59.4%	25.6%(78)	8.2%(25)	57.4%(175)	2.3%(7)
4	Glen Alpine Elementary	Morganton, NC	295	58.3%	61.0%(180)	4.8%(14)	16.6%(49)	6.8%(20)
5	Oak Hill Elementary	Morganton, NC	310	56.5%	62.6%(194)	12.9%(40)	12.3%(38)	1.0%(3)
6	Drexel Elementary	Morganton, NC	477	53.3%	66.3%(316)	4.8%(23)	11.5%(55)	8.6%(41)
7	Walter R Johnson Middle	Morganton, NC	441	53.3%	21.3%(94)	5.4%(24)	64.4%(284)	3.0%(13)
8	Table Rock Middle	Morganton, NC	427	53.2%	66.0%(282)	8.0%(34)	12.4%(53)	4.7%(20)
9	Ray Childers Elementary	Hickory, NC	460	52.5%	66.1%(304)	1.3%(6)	12.6%(58)	13.3%(61)
10	Liberty Middle	Morganton, NC	453	50.1%	67.8%(307)	3.3%(15)	17.7%(80)	3.5%(16)
11	Mull Elementary	Morganton, NC	291	48.0%	69.8%(203)	2.8%(8)	16.5%(48)	4.5%(13)
12	Icard Elementary	Connelly Springs, NC	265	46.6%	70.9%(188)	0.4%(1)	12.1%(32)	12.1%(32)
13	Patton High School	Morganton, NC	756	45.9%	70.1%(530)	1.3%(10)	21.8%(165)	2.9%(22)
14	Hillcrest Elementary	Morganton, NC	254	45.5%	15.0%(38)	6.7%(17)	71.7%(182)	0.0%(0)
15	East Burke Middle	Connelly Springs, NC	630	44.9%	72.9%(459)	2.2%(14)	9.4%(59)	9.2%(58)
16	Heritage Middle	Valdese, NC	475	44.2%	73.5%(349)	4.0%(19)	9.1%(43)	6.3%(30)
17	Draughn High School	Valdese, NC	661	42.1%	74.9%(495)	2.0%(13)	10.4%(69)	6.5%(43)
18	East Burke High	Connelly Springs, NC	874	41.9%	74.9%(655)	1.8%(16)	9.8%(86)	8.1%(71)
19	W A Young Elementary	Morganton, NC	327	41.5%	75.2%(246)	1.2%(4)	6.7%(22)	9.8%(32)
20	Hildebran Elementary	Hildebran, NC	297	40.7%	75.8%(225)	0.3%(1)	7.7%(23)	9.4%(28)
21	Valdese Elementary	Valdese, NC	530	35.5%	79.6%(422)	2.1%(11)	8.3%(44)	4.7%(25)
22	Salem Elementary	Morganton, NC	476	35.2%	79.2%(377)	0.6%(3)	13.7%(65)	1.7%(8)
23	George Hildebrand Elementary	Connelly Springs, NC	327	27.6%	84.7%(277)	0.3%(1)	3.4%(11)	3.7%(12)
24	New Dimensions	Morganton, NC	569	22.3%	87.9%(500)	3.7%(21)	2.3%(13)	0.7%(4)

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