Balls Creek Elementary (Catawba County Schools SCH DIST.), North Carolina - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

Balls Creek Elementary is a Elementary in Newton, NC. It currently serves 698 students (grades PK-06). The school is part of the Catawba County Schools School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

You can see similar information for other schools in Catawba County Schools School District and all schools in North Carolina.

Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Elementary
Number of Students:698
Number of Teachers: 48
Student/Teacher Ratio: 14.67

Location Info

Location: 2620 Balls Creek Road, Newton, NC 28658
Mailing Address: 2620 Balls Creek Road, Newton, NC 28658-9650
Phone: (828)464-4766
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 1 101
Grade 2 105
Grade 3 98
Grade 4 98
Grade 5 79
Grade 6 112
Kindergarten 82
Pre-Kindergarten 23
Gender/Sex of Balls Creek Elementary Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 374 53.58
Female 324 46.42
Race/Ethnicity Demography of Balls Creek Elementary Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 24 3.44
Black or African American 20 2.87
Hispanic/Latino 64 9.17
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.14
Two or more races 47 6.73
White 542 77.65
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 12 3.21
Black or African American 13 3.48
Hispanic/Latino 27 7.22
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.27
Two or more races 26 6.95
White 295 78.88
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 12 3.70
Black or African American 7 2.16
Hispanic/Latino 37 11.42
Two or more races 21 6.48
White 247 76.24

Race Demography Per Grade

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 5 4.95
Black or African American 2 1.98
Hispanic/Latino 5 4.95
Two or more races 5 4.95
White 84 83.17
Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 2 1.91
Black or African American 5 4.76
Hispanic/Latino 11 10.48
Two or more races 9 8.57
White 78 74.29
Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 2 2.04
Black or African American 4 4.08
Hispanic/Latino 3 3.06
Two or more races 5 5.10
White 84 85.71
Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 3 3.06
Black or African American 1 1.02
Hispanic/Latino 19 19.39
Two or more races 12 12.25
White 63 64.29
Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 4 5.06
Black or African American 3 3.80
Hispanic/Latino 5 6.33
Two or more races 4 5.06
White 63 79.75
Grade 6 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 3 2.68
Black or African American 2 1.79
Hispanic/Latino 13 11.61
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.89
Two or more races 9 8.04
White 84 75.00
Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 4 4.88
Black or African American 1 1.22
Hispanic/Latino 7 8.54
Two or more races 2 2.44
White 68 82.93
Pre-Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 4.35
Black or African American 2 8.70
Hispanic/Latino 1 4.35
Two or more races 1 4.35
White 18 78.26