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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Shuford Elementary, Conover, NC

Shuford Elementary is a public elementary school in Conover, part of Newton Conover City Schools. It enrolled 402 students in 2024-25, with 15.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
402
Teachers (FTE)
26.0
Students per teacher
15.5
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.1. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.5
District15.1
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
810 Hunsucker Drive, Conover, NC 28613
Phone
(828)464-1973
District
Newton Conover City Schools
County
Catawba County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
370336001403
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
387
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
38796.3% 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 elementary schools in Newton Conover City Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Conover

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.