Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5
W M Jenkins Elementary, Hickory, NC
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 276
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.0
- Students per teacher
- 16.2
- Grades
- K to 5
This school's ratio is 1.3 lower 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.
School details
- Address
- 3750 N Center Street, Hickory, NC 28601
- Phone
- (828)327-3491
- District
- Hickory City Schools
- County
- Catawba County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- City: Small
- NCES school ID
- 370219000945
School meals
- Free lunch
- 273
- Reduced-price lunch
- 0
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 27398.9% 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 Hickory City Schools
- Viewmont Elementary 509 students
- Oakwood Elementary 336 students
- Southwest Primary 292 students
- Longview Elementary 269 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Hickory
- Mountain View Elementary Catawba County Schools
- Snow Creek Elementary Catawba County Schools
- Clyde Campbell Elementary Catawba County Schools
- Ray Childers Elementary Burke County Schools
- Webb A Murray Elementary Catawba County Schools
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.