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Hickory Career Arts Magnet High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
409 8th Avenue Ne
Hickory, NC 28601
Phone
(828) 328-6738
District
Hickory City Schools
County
CATAWBA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
229
Classroom Teachers
21

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

9

(10 is best)

Better than 89.6% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Hickory Career Arts Magnet High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
74%
47%
73%
58%
75%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 78 34.1%
Grade 10 66 28.8%
Grade 11 45 19.7%
Grade 12 40 17.5%
Total 229 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 55.3% 40.0% 46.6%
Black 13.9% 23.0% 26.2%
Hispanic 27.4% 30.8% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.9% 5.7% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.4% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 59.4% 70.0% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 52.4% 66.2% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.0% 3.9% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 33,225 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,265.5 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.0% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.8% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.2% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.5% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 17.5% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 13,486 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 9.6% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.7% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 31.0% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.8% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.6% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.6% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.5% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.8% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.9% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 10.7% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,368 $24,687,000 59.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $689 $2,673,000 6.4%
Staff $479 $1,857,000 4.5%
General Administration $279 $1,082,000 2.6%
School Administration $678 $2,627,000 6.3%
Operation $797 $3,091,000 7.4%
Transportation $142 $552,000 1.3%
Other $327 $1,269,000 3.1%
Total Support $3,392 $13,151,000 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $952 $3,692,000 8.9%
Total Expenditures $10,712 $41,530,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,564 $10,129,255,000 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $960,884,000 5.4%
Staff $394 $608,502,000 3.4%
General Administration $179 $276,069,000 1.5%
School Administration $651 $1,005,083,000 5.6%
Operation $803 $1,239,070,000 6.9%
Transportation $337 $520,307,000 2.9%
Other $350 $540,157,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,338 $5,150,072,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,737 $2,680,931,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $11,639 $17,960,258,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%