NCES CCD 2024-25 22 schools NC

Best-Resourced Schools in Statesville, NC

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22 public K-12 schools in Statesville from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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22
Schools
10,499
Students
39.7/100
Avg Resource Index
18.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Statesville has more public-school enrollment than 81% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Statesville sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

11 of Statesville's 22 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 52-point gap between Northview Academy and Success Institute Charter shows the range hidden by Statesville's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 19%
School count
Top 13%
Resource Index average
44th percentile
Teacher staffing
20th percentile

South Iredell High accounts for 16.8% of all Statesville public-school enrollment

That concentration means Statesville-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Statesville school enrollment varies 55× across entities

Statesville school enrollment ranges from 32 students (lowest) to 1,768 students (highest), a spread of 1,736 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Statesville reports 55.9% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Statesville student-teacher ratio is 18.9:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Northview Academy 78
2. Scotts Elementary 52
3. Crossroads Arts Sciences Early College 50
4. Iss Virtual Academy 48
5. Collaborative College for Technology 47
6. American Renaissance School 45
7. West Iredell High 44
8. Central Elementary 44
9. Discovery Program at the Springs 43
10. Oakwood Middle Ib School 41
11. Statesville High 38
12. East Iredell Elementary 37
13. N B Mills Elementary 37
14. Sharon Elementary 35
15. Cloverleaf Elementary 34
16. East Iredell Middle 33
17. South Iredell High 30
18. Celeste Henkel Elementary 29
19. Third Creek Elementary 28
20. Third Creek Middle 28
21. West Iredell Middle 27
22. Success Institute Charter 26

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Statesville

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 East Iredell Elementary 72.4/100
  2. 2 Cloverleaf Elementary 71.8/100
  3. 3 Third Creek Elementary 71.0/100
  4. 4 Discovery Program at the Springs 70.9/100
  5. 5 East Iredell Middle 70.7/100

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Which Statesville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Northview Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Statesville schools in this federal-data comparison at 78/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Statesville, NC? ▼

Statesville has 22 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,499 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.