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Rhodhiss, NC schools

Rhodhiss’s public schools score close to North Carolina’s averages: 47% of students are proficient in reading against 47.2% statewide, and 92% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.7%. Kids attend Ray Childers Elementary through grade 5, then one of 9 middle schools and one of 4 high schools.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

TownTapestry School GradeNew

Rhodhiss’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Rhodhiss’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 54% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scoresB+Graduation
North Carolina school districts we grade (318)Better than 54%
Lower resultsHigher results
North Carolina towns with similar household incomes (331)Better than 59%
High confidence. Built on 11,591 tested students and a graduating class of 984; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Carolina’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of North Carolina only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in North Carolina with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path

Where Rhodhiss kids go to school

Grades PK–5
C+Ray Childers Elementary 460 students · Hickory Burke County Schools
Grades 6–8
9 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Burke County Schools
Grades 9–12
4 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Burke County Schools

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Burke County)47%
State average 47.2%
Reading (Caldwell County)46%
State average 47.2%
Math (grades PK–12, Burke County)43%
State average 41.9%
Math (Caldwell County)38%
State average 41.9%
Graduation · class of 2020

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate
92%
NC: 87.7%
Graduating class
984
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Rhodhiss

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 1 school in Rhodhiss

Showing 1–1 of 1 school

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

Also serving Rhodhiss

Schools Rhodhiss kids attend in other towns

Public schools in Rhodhiss’s districts that are located in Connelly Springs, Valdese, Lenoir, Morganton and Collettsville. Which one depends on your address.

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