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Hickory High, Hickory, NC

Hickory High is a public high school in Hickory, part of Hickory City Schools. It enrolled 1,024 students in 2024-25, with 26.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,024
Teachers (FTE)
38.0
Students per teacher
26.9
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 9.4 higher than the district figure of 17.5. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school26.9
District17.5
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
1234 3rd Street NE, Hickory, NC 28601
Phone
(828)322-5860
District
Hickory City Schools
County
Catawba County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
370219000943
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
1,021
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
1,02199.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Hickory City Schools

High schools elsewhere in Hickory

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.