Hickory City Schools
Catawba County, North Carolina · Grades PK-12
- Address
- 432 4th Avenue SW, Hickory, NC 28602
Open in Maps → - Phone
- (828) 322-2855
- NCES agency ID
- 3702190
- State LEA ID
- NC-181
Enrollment and school counts are the state’s 2024-2025figures where reported, otherwise the federal NCES directory.
School calendar
Term dates, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays for Hickory City Schools, as the district publishes them — with printable PDFs and calendar files you can subscribe to.
View the calendar →NC School Report Card
2024-2025Official accountability results published by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. School Performance Grades combine achievement (80%) with academic growth (20%).
Schools by type
| School type | Schools | Average students |
|---|---|---|
| Elementary | 5 | 325 |
| High | 2 | 577 |
| Middle | 2 | 414 |
| All schools | 9 | -- |
School performance grades
| Grade | Schools | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 0 | 0.0% |
| B | 2 | 22.2% |
| C | 2 | 22.2% |
| D | 5 | 55.6% |
| F | 0 | 0.0% |
| All graded schools | 9 | 100.0% |
School growth status
| Growth | Schools | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Exceeded | 1 | 12.5% |
| Met | 3 | 37.5% |
| Not Met | 4 | 50.0% |
Student performance by subject
| Subject | Grade-level proficient | Career & college ready |
|---|---|---|
| NC Math 3 | 62.6% | 35% |
| Science (grades 5 & 8) | 56.8% | 34.2% |
| English II | 54.3% | 28.3% |
| Mathematics (grades 3–8) | 49% | 27.3% |
| Reading (grades 3–8) | 46.8% | 25.9% |
| Biology | 27.7% | 15.3% |
| NC Math 1 | 25.2% | 6.8% |
Grade-level proficient is achievement levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.
Outcomes
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| 4-year cohort graduation rate | 89.6% |
| ACT WorkKeys credential earned | 60.7% |
| Students completing Math III | 95% |
| Passed end-of-grade assessments | 44.1% |
| Students promoted to the next grade | 73.5% |
| Students retained in grade | 26.5% |
| English learners making progress (of 429) | 31.2% |
| Schools identified as low-performing | 3 of 8 |
Download the report card
The Hickory City Schools report card as a two-page interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.
Student Demographics
Gender Distribution
Total Students: 3,735Student counts for Hickory City Schools, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 3,735 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.
Students
Student Population
Students Counted: 3,895Student indicators for Hickory City Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 3,895 students DPI counted, added up from the district’s own schools. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.
Teachers
Licensing & Certification
Total Teachers: 228.9 FTETeacher figures for Hickory City Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount, added up from the district’s own schools. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 228.9 FTE.
Hickory City Schools boundary map
9 campusesLoading the map…
Click any campus for its details. District boundary from the Census school district geography published by NCES; campus locations from the NCES Common Core of Data.
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Directory figures are from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025.Methodology →