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Hickory Career Arts Magnet High School

Serves grades 6 - 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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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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
188
Classroom Teachers
20

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

9

(10 is best)

Better than 80.3% 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

100 80 60 40 20 0
67%
45%
82%
58%
51%
33%
    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
10
14
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 0 0.0%
Grade 7 0 0.0%
Grade 8 0 0.0%
Grade 9 64 34.0%
Grade 10 46 24.5%
Grade 11 55 29.3%
Grade 12 23 12.2%
Total 188 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 56.8% 41.7% 47.4%
Black 13.6% 22.5% 26.3%
Hispanic 24.3% 29.6% 20.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.7% 5.8% 4.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.5% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 43.6% 59.1% 48.0%
Free lunch eligible 34.6% 55.1% 46.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.0% 4.0% 1.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 33,474 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,237.8 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.4% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.2% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.0% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.7% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 17.6% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 13,451 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 9.0% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.9% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 31.4% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.0% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.8% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.8% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.3% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.5% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.8% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 12.8% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,830 $24,590,940 60.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $553 $2,332,554 5.8%
Staff $388 $1,636,584 4.0%
General Administration $163 $687,534 1.7%
School Administration $615 $2,594,070 6.4%
Operation $752 $3,171,936 7.8%
Transportation $174 $733,932 1.8%
Other $309 $1,303,362 3.2%
Total Support $2,954 $12,459,972 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $810 $3,416,580 8.4%
Total Expenditures $9,593 $40,463,274 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,324 $9,654,142,443 55.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $575 $877,144,823 5.0%
Staff $341 $521,212,282 3.0%
General Administration $170 $259,230,834 1.5%
School Administration $637 $973,125,983 5.6%
Operation $798 $1,218,189,435 7.0%
Transportation $402 $613,466,359 3.5%
Other $331 $505,953,708 2.9%
Total Support $3,255 $4,968,588,990 28.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,818 $2,774,971,990 16.0%
Total Expenditures $11,397 $17,397,660,278 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%