Hickory Ridge High
Harrisburg, NC · High School · Grades 9-12
Hickory Ridge High is a high school in Harrisburg, NC with 1,720 students enrolled and a 71% proficiency rate. Part of Cabarrus County Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Hickory Ridge High is a high school located in Harrisburg, North Carolina. The school serves 1,720 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.0:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 71% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 77% graduation rate.
19% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Hickory Ridge High is part of the Cabarrus County Schools in North Carolina.
How This School Compares
Hickory Ridge High has 1,720 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Cabarrus County Schools (791 students). Its 71% proficiency rate is 20 percentage points above the district average of 51%. Compared to the North Carolina state average of 43%, the school performs 27 points higher. The 21.0:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hickory Ridge High has 1,720 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21.0:1.
According to EDFacts data, 71% of students at Hickory Ridge High meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Hickory Ridge High has a 77% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Hickory Ridge High is part of the Cabarrus County Schools in Harrisburg, North Carolina. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.