Saint Stephens High

Public high school, pre-kindergarten to grade 12 · Hickory, North Carolina

Saint Stephens High in Hickory, North Carolina enrolled 1,268 students in 2024-25 with 57.4 full-time teachers, 22.1 students per teacher against the North Carolina high-school median of 18.4. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 83% (North Carolina: 86.5%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 16%

1,265 students in 2022-23, 1,298 students in 2023-24, 1,268 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 68.3 to 57.4.

Students enrolled at Saint Stephens High by school year2022-23: 1,265, 2023-24: 1,298, 2024-25: 1,26805001k1.5k2022-231,2652023-241,2982024-251,268
Students enrolled at Saint Stephens High by school year2022-23: 1,265, 2023-24: 1,298, 2024-25: 1,26805001k1.5k2022-231,2652023-241,2982024-251,268
Students enrolled at Saint Stephens High by school year2022-23: 1,265, 2023-24: 1,298, 2024-25: 1,26805001k1.5k2022-231,2652023-241,2982024-251,268
Students enrolled at Saint Stephens High by school year2022-23: 1,265, 2023-24: 1,298, 2024-25: 1,26805001k1.5k2022-231,2652023-241,2982024-251,268
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,26568.318.5
2023-241,29867.019.4
2024-251,26857.422.1

22.1 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 74 of every 100 North Carolina high schools

Among the 588 North Carolina high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 18.4; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; Saint Stephens High 22.1; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherSaint Stephens High 22.1state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; Saint Stephens High 22.1; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherSaint Stephens High 22.1state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; Saint Stephens High 22.1; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherSaint Stephens High 22.1state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; Saint Stephens High 22.1; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherSaint Stephens High 22.1state median 18.4U.S. 14.5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

14 AP courses and one counselor per 293 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Saint Stephens High enrolled 1,171 students and had 4.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 118 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses14
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)4.0, one per 293 of the 1,171 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions118
  • Chronically absent47.4% (2022-23)

Who attends

44.2% of students were White, 34.9% Hispanic, 8.6% Black in 2024-25.

  1. White44.2%
  2. Hispanic34.9%
  3. Black8.6%
  4. Two or more races7.5%
  5. Asian4.9%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

83% of the 329 students in Saint Stephens High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.5% across North Carolina. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtNorth Carolina
Four-year graduation rate83%87%86.5%
Students in the class3291,283120,822

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

High schools in Hickory

4 public high schools in Hickory report 2024-25 enrollment; Saint Stephens High is the largest.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Saint Stephens High1,26822.197.9%
Hickory High1,02426.799.7%
Challenger Early College High37633.542.0%
Hickory Career Arts Magnet High School20115.298.5%

All public schools in Hickory →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Saint Stephens High

  1. Hickory HighThe nearest public high school, 3.9 miles away: 1,024 students, 26.7 per teacher (2024-25).3.9 mi
  2. Hickory Career Arts Magnet High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 4.0 miles away: 201 students, 15.2 per teacher (2024-25).4.0 mi
  3. Compare Saint Stephens High with Hickory HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Catawba County Schools spends per student$11,487 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$11,487
  5. The largest public schools in North CarolinaSaint Stephens High is the number 126 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#126 of 601
  6. North Carolina schools by students per teacher22.1 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.22.1:1
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Saint Stephens High

  1. How many students attend Saint Stephens High?
    1,268 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,265 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Hickory, NC.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Saint Stephens High?
    22.1 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for high schools is 18.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Saint Stephens High a Title I school?
    Saint Stephens High was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).
  4. What is the graduation rate at Saint Stephens High?
    83% of the 329 students in Saint Stephens High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.5% across North Carolina. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is Saint Stephens High in?
    Catawba County Schools, NCES district ID 3700690. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370069000290 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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