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Enrollment
347
Middle
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HICKORY CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370219000941
Grandview Middle
451 Catawba Valley Boulevard S, Hickory, NC 28602 · (828) 328-2289 · Catawba County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
344 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 105 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 126 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 116 | 33% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
42.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
45.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Grandview Middle
Grandview Middle's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview Middle this school | 347 | 99.1% | 45.6% |
| Northview Middle Hickory | 481 | 99.4% | 48.8% |
| East Iredell Middle Statesville | 328 | 99.1% | 25.1% |
| Roseboro-Salemburg Middle Roseboro | 394 | 99.2% | 34.5% |
| Grantham Middle Goldsboro | 301 | 99.0% | 48.9% |
| G. C. Hawley Middle Creedmoor | 442 | 98.2% | 45.7% |
Matched among North Carolina middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Grandview Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Catawba County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #294 of 463 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #276 of 461 | #7 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #309 of 463 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #406 of 478 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #99 of 456 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.8% | #7 of 456 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #215 of 472 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #58 of 300 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
347
-54 (-13%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 347 | 23.8 | 14.6:1 | 99% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 24.7 | 15.9:1 | 99% (390) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 27.5 | 14.6:1 | 79% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 63% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 72% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 411 | 29 | 14.2:1 | 70% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 67% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 35 | 13.2:1 | 51% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 34 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grandview Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (443 to 347); teachers down 23% (31 to 23.8).
About Grandview Middle
Grandview Middle is a small middle school for students in Hickory, North Carolina. A federal count lists 347 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in North Carolina is about 605, so this school runs 43% smaller than that.
The district, Hickory City Schools, has 3,735 students enrolled across 9 schools.
Enrollment at Grandview Middle is mixed, with White students the largest group at 32%. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 23% Black, 9% multiracial, and 7% Asian. In Catawba County overall, about 75% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Grandview Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 75%.
A ratio of 14.6:1 comes from the school's 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 99% in 2024-25. Compared with the 86% average for public schools in Catawba County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Grandview Middle a C+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Grandview Middle falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 45.6% actual against 48.6% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Catawba County, median household income is about $67,864, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Catawba County number 44 and enroll about 22,392.
The school nearest to Grandview Middle is Longview Elementary, at a distance of about 2.1 miles. Within five miles of Grandview Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Grandview Middle is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Grandview Middle had 401 students in 2020-21 and 347 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease.
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Catawba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,573
Census ACS
Median income
$67,864
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
22,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hickory City Schools
- Hickory HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Viewmont ElementaryElementary · 509 students
- Northview MiddleMiddle · 481 students
- Oakwood ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- Southwest PrimaryElementary · 292 students
- W M Jenkins ElementaryElementary · 276 students
Other schools in Hickory
- Saint Stephens HighHigh · 1,268 students
- Hickory HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 708 students
- Harry M Arndt MiddleMiddle · 601 students
- Snow Creek ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- Viewmont ElementaryElementary · 509 students
Other Grandview Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Grandview Middle. Grandview Middle is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Grandview Middle SchoolGrandview, WA · 815 students
- Grandview Middle SchoolMOUND, MN · 606 students
- GRANDVIEW MIDDLEGRANDVIEW, MO · 471 students
- GRANDVIEW MIDDLEHILLSBORO, MO · 138 students
Nearby schools
- Longview Elementary2.1 mi · 269
- Challenger Early College High2.4 mi · 376
- Oakwood Elementary2.4 mi · 336
- Hickory Career Arts Magnet High School2.7 mi · 201
- Hickory High3.2 mi · 1,024
- Southwest Primary3.2 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About Grandview MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Grandview Middle?
Grandview Middle enrolls approximately 347 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Grandview Middle serve?
Grandview Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Grandview Middle?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Grandview Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grandview Middle?
At Grandview Middle, the student body is approximately 32% White, 29% Hispanic, 23% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Grandview Middle in?
Grandview Middle is part of Hickory City Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.