Best Public Schools in Hiddenite, NC

Summary:

The city of Hiddenite, North Carolina is home to two schools: East Alexander Middle School and Hiddenite Elementary School, both part of the Alexander County Schools district. While East Alexander Middle School has a 3-star rating and outperformed the state average in 6th and 7th-grade mathematics, both schools face significant challenges, including declining statewide rankings and low academic proficiency, particularly in reading.

East Alexander Middle School ranked 356 out of 773 North Carolina middle schools in the 2024-2025 school year, a decline from its 441st ranking in 2023-2024. The school outperformed the state average in 6th and 7th-grade mathematics, but struggled in 8th-grade mathematics. In contrast, Hiddenite Elementary School ranked 997 out of 1,490 North Carolina elementary schools in 2024-2025, down from 887 in 2022-2023, and significantly underperformed the state and district averages in both mathematics and reading proficiency across 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades.

Both schools serve a student population with a very high percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients, over 99% in 2023-2024, indicating significant socioeconomic challenges. While East Alexander Middle School had a slightly lower student-teacher ratio of 15.2 compared to Hiddenite Elementary's 15.0, the per-student spending was higher at Hiddenite Elementary ($9,824) than at East Alexander Middle School ($8,161) in the 2018-2019 school year. These factors suggest that the schools in Hiddenite face complex challenges in providing quality education to their students, and targeted interventions may be necessary to improve academic outcomes in the region.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)						EOG Reading (2025)						EOG Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hiddenite Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	374 Sulphur Springs Road	Hiddenite	28636	Alexander County	Alexander County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 632-2503	370	25	14.7	99.2%	235 (63.5%)	10 (2.7%)	100 (27.0%)	12 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.5%)	35.2	997^th of 1490 public elementary schools	33.1%		33.2	1043^rd of 1505 public elementary schools	30.7%	46	46.4	46.0	47.5				30.4	66.7	47.5				52.5		$9,824	$1,202	$8,623
East Alexander Middle	Public	6-8	1285 White Plains Road	Hiddenite	28636	Alexander County	Alexander County Schools	No	No	No	No	(828) 632-7565	510	31	16.3	98.8%	375 (73.5%)	27 (5.3%)	83 (16.3%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.9%)	53.2	356^th of 773 public middle schools	53.9%		44.7	441^st of 793 public middle schools	44.4%	85				58.7	61.7	38.9				56.8	64.7	50.6		46.0	$8,161	$691	$7,470

Cities Near Hiddenite

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Taylorsville	5.18 mi	9	188^th
Moravian Falls	7.78 mi	2	70^th
Wilkesboro	8.76 mi	4	162^nd
Stony Point	9.42 mi	1	235^th
Statesville	9.44 mi	22	349^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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