Regular local school district · Catawba County
Catawba County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Catawba County Schools runs 28 public schools with 16,003 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.4 students per teacher is 1.1 higher than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 28
- Students
- 16,003
- Teachers (FTE)
- 920
- Students per teacher
- 17.4
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2285 North Anderson Avenue, Newton, NC 28658
- Phone
- (828)464-8333
- County
- Catawba County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3700690
- State district ID
- NC-180
- School counselors (FTE)
- 43.0About 372 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district17.4
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 (15,575), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $168.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $18.8 million
- State revenue
- $105.4 million
- Local revenue
- $44.7 million
- Total spending
- $167.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,778
- Salaries
- $92.9 million55.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $76.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.2%
- State: 62.4%
- Local: 26.5%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,778
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Catawba County Schools
By level: 6 high, 5 middle, 16 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Balls Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 686 | 16.7 |
| Bandys High | High | 9 to 12 | 935 | 23.4 |
| Banoak Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 291 | 17.1 |
| Blackburn Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 484 | 17.9 |
| Bunker Hill High | High | 9 to 12 | 845 | 21.1 |
| Catawba Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 450 | 17.3 |
| Catawba Rosenwald Education Center | Other | K to 12 | 7 | 0.7 |
| Challenger Early College High | High | 9 to 12 | 376 | 34.2 |
| Charles H Tuttle Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 368 | 17.5 |
| Claremont Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 462 | 16.5 |
| Clyde Campbell Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 505 | 16.3 |
| Fred T Foard High | High | 9 to 12 | 930 | 22.1 |
| Harry M Arndt Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 601 | 17.2 |
| Jacobs Fork Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 482 | 16.6 |
| Lyle Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 458 | 14.8 |
| Maiden Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 562 | 18.1 |
| Maiden High | High | 9 to 12 | 852 | 20.8 |
| Maiden Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 451 | 16.7 |
| Mill Creek Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 477 | 16.4 |
| Mountain View Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 708 | 17.7 |
| Oxford Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 540 | 16.4 |
| River Bend Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 450 | 16.7 |
| Saint Stephens Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 711 | 15.1 |
| Saint Stephens High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,268 | 22.2 |
| Sherrills Ford Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 633 | 18.1 |
| Snow Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 551 | 15.3 |
| Startown Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 540 | 15.9 |
| Webb A Murray Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 380 | 14.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Catawba County
- Hickory City Schools 3,735 students
- Newton Conover City Schools 2,654 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.