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Fred T Foard 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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
3407 Plateau Road
Newton, NC 28658
Phone
(704) 462-1496
District
CATAWBA COUNTY SCHOOLS
County
CATAWBA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
877
Classroom Teachers
51

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

6

(10 is best)

Better than 55.2% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Fred T Foard High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
52%
50%
52%
51%
52%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
16
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 245 27.9%
Grade 10 226 25.8%
Grade 11 220 25.1%
Grade 12 186 21.2%
Total 877 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 80.5% 68.0% 48.2%
Black 2.6% 5.7% 26.3%
Hispanic 9.7% 18.7% 20.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 7.1% 7.4% 3.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 26.9% 41.2% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 24.6% 36.4% 48.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.3% 4.8% 2.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 107,689 10,551,162
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 294.6 214
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.2% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.8% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.2% 26.2%
65 OR OLDER 17.9% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 42,572 4,034,684
Single Parent Households With Children 9.5% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.8% 89.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 21.1% 33.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.9% 13.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.6% 14.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.5% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.5% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.6% 17.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.1% 13.7%
$15,000 or less 9.8% 10.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,812 $93,305,848 57.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $523 $8,396,242 5.2%
Staff $291 $4,671,714 2.9%
General Administration $57 $915,078 0.6%
School Administration $515 $8,267,810 5.1%
Operation $834 $13,389,036 8.3%
Transportation $364 $5,843,656 3.6%
Other $226 $3,628,204 2.3%
Total Support $2,810 $45,111,740 28.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,429 $22,941,166 14.2%
Total Expenditures $10,050 $161,342,700 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,279 $9,512,551,796 56.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $564 $854,397,531 5.0%
Staff $329 $498,205,494 2.9%
General Administration $163 $247,686,005 1.5%
School Administration $616 $932,587,439 5.5%
Operation $825 $1,249,784,873 7.4%
Transportation $419 $635,198,520 3.7%
Other $312 $472,868,113 2.8%
Total Support $3,228 $4,890,431,846 28.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,705 $2,582,312,208 15.2%
Total Expenditures $11,212 $16,985,065,695 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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