Hickory Career & Arts Magnet High School
Hickory, NC · Hickory City Schools · Grades 09–12
PublicRegular SchoolTraditional calendar
State grade
B
Score 72 · 2025
4-year grad rate
90%
2025
Average SAT
910
18% of students took it
Went to college
55%
Class of 2024
Academics
- Students enrolled
- 189
- School performance score
- 72
- 4-year graduation rate
- 90%
- 5-year graduation rate
- >95%
- Met UNC System minimum on ACT
- 75%
- Graduates enrolled in college
- 55%
Source: NC Department of Public Instruction, School Report Cards (2024–25 data set)
AP & IB
- Students taking AP
- 7.4%
- AP exams passed (3+)
- 14%
- Students taking IB
- No IB program reported
Source: NC Department of Public Instruction, School Report Cards (2024–25 data set)
Average SAT over time
2012895
2013739
2014835
2015783
2016887
2020910
Source: NC Department of Public Instruction, School Report Cards (2024–25 data set)
Contact
- Address
- 409 8th Avenue NE, Hickory, NC 28601
- Phone
- (828) 328-6738
- District
- Hickory City Schools
- Superintendent
- Robert Brown
- County
- Catawba
Source: NC Department of Public Instruction, School Report Cards (2024–25 data set)
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