Regular local school district · Caldwell County
Caldwell County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Caldwell County Schools runs 25 public schools with 10,667 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 17.5 students per teacher is 1.2 higher than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 25
- Students
- 10,667
- Teachers (FTE)
- 610
- Students per teacher
- 17.5
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1914 Hickory Boulevard SW, Lenoir, NC 28645
- Phone
- (828)728-8407
- County
- Caldwell County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3700580
- State district ID
- NC-140
- School counselors (FTE)
- 31.0About 344 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district17.5
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (10,829), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $128.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $15.9 million
- State revenue
- $90.4 million
- Local revenue
- $22.6 million
- Total spending
- $127.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,764
- Salaries
- $68.5 million53.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $33.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 70.1%
- Local: 17.6%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,764
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Caldwell County Schools
By level: 6 high, 4 middle, 14 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Baton Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 357 | 15.5 |
| Caldwell Applied Sciences Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 218 | 21.8 |
| Caldwell Early College | High | 9 to 13 | 387 | 25.8 |
| Caldwell Online Academy | Other | 4 to 12 | 138 | 138.0 |
| Collettsville School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 321 | 16.9 |
| Davenport A+ School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 429 | 17.9 |
| Dudley Shoals Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 433 | 16.7 |
| Gamewell Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 459 | 17.0 |
| Gamewell Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 457 | 15.8 |
| Gateway School | High | 6 to 12 | 53 | 6.6 |
| Granite Falls Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 647 | 18.5 |
| Granite Falls Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 518 | 15.7 |
| Happy Valley Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 234 | 19.5 |
| Hibriten High | High | 9 to 12 | 818 | 21.5 |
| Horizons Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 29 | 2.4 |
| Hudson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 665 | 19.6 |
| Hudson Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 551 | 16.7 |
| Kings Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 153 | 13.9 |
| Lower Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 396 | 18.0 |
| Sawmills Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 351 | 17.6 |
| South Caldwell High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,272 | 19.3 |
| Valmead Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 305 | 16.9 |
| West Caldwell High | High | 9 to 12 | 634 | 18.1 |
| Whitnel Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 330 | 20.6 |
| William Lenoir Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 512 | 17.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Caldwell County
- Oak Hill Charter School 253 students
More in North Carolina
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.