County / FIPS 37035
Catawba County
North Carolina
Catawba County runs 44 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 2 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
44
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
2
Land area
401
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Catawba County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$1.3B
Per resident
$7,792
Change since FY2021
+19%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $1B |
| 2022 | $964M |
| 2023 | $1B |
| 2024 | $1B |
| 2025 | $1B |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Catawba County ranks 445th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Catawba County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Catawba Valley Medical Center | Hickory | |
| Frye Regional Medical Center | Hickory |
Public schools in Catawba County
The 40 most complete records of 44. Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balls Creek Elementary | Catawba County Schools | Newton | 679 |
| Bandys High | Catawba County Schools | Catawba | 864 |
| Banoak Elementary | Catawba County Schools | Vale | 291 |
| Blackburn Elementary | Catawba County Schools | Newton | 527 |
| Bunker Hill High | Catawba County Schools | Claremont | 828 |
| Catawba Elementary School | Catawba County Schools | Catawba | 404 |
| Challenger Early College High | Catawba County Schools | Hickory | 352 |
| Charles H Tuttle Elementary | Catawba County Schools | Maiden | 412 |
| Claremont Elementary | Catawba County Schools | Claremont | 429 |
| Clyde Campbell Elementary | Catawba County Schools | Hickory | 479 |
| Conover Special Education | Newton Conover City Schools | Conover | 86 |
| Discovery High School | Newton Conover City Schools | Newton | 193 |
| Fred T Foard High | Catawba County Schools | Newton | 956 |
| Grandview Middle | Hickory City Schools | Hickory | 400 |
| Harry M Arndt Middle | Catawba County Schools | Hickory | 631 |
| Hickory Career Arts Magnet High School | Hickory City Schools | Hickory | 229 |
| Hickory High | Hickory City Schools | Hickory | 1,014 |
| Jacobs Fork Middle | Catawba County Schools | Newton | 440 |
| Longview Elementary | Hickory City Schools | Hickory | 318 |
| Lyle Creek Elementary | Catawba County Schools | Conover | 446 |
| Maiden Elementary | Catawba County Schools | Maiden | 499 |
| Maiden High | Catawba County Schools | Maiden | 870 |
| Maiden Middle School | Catawba County Schools | Maiden | 421 |
| Mill Creek Middle | Catawba County Schools | Claremont | 412 |
| Mountain View Elementary | Catawba County Schools | Hickory | 686 |
| Newton-Conover High | Newton Conover City Schools | Newton | 758 |
| Newton-Conover Middle | Newton Conover City Schools | Conover | 603 |
| North Newton Elementary | Newton Conover City Schools | Newton | 445 |
| Northview Middle | Hickory City Schools | Hickory | 480 |
| Oakwood Elementary | Hickory City Schools | Hickory | 341 |
| Oxford Elementary | Catawba County Schools | Claremont | 588 |
| River Bend Middle | Catawba County Schools | Claremont | 475 |
| Saint Stephens Elementary | Catawba County Schools | Conover | 698 |
| Saint Stephens High | Catawba County Schools | Hickory | 1,265 |
| Sherrills Ford Elementary | Catawba County Schools | Sherrills Ford | 517 |
| Shuford Elementary | Newton Conover City Schools | Conover | 421 |
| Snow Creek Elementary | Catawba County Schools | Hickory | 589 |
| South Newton Elementary | Newton Conover City Schools | Newton | 350 |
| Southwest Primary | Hickory City Schools | Hickory | 304 |
| Startown Elementary | Catawba County Schools | Newton | 529 |