University Christian High School
under 1 mi✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades 9-12151 students10.5 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed100% to 4-year college
Christian schools in Hickory, NC
7 in Hickory or within 6 miles. 7 are on the state’s Opportunity Scholarship list. Protestant and nondenominational Christian schools, going by the affiliation each school gave the federal survey (for schools new since then in Florida, the state’s private school directory).
Cornerstone Christian Academy
under 1 mi✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades 3-1129 students4.4 students per teacherBaptistSpecial educationCo-ed
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-8183 students14 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-12389 students13.2 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed62% to 4-year college
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades K-822 students11 students per teacherSeventh-Day AdventistCo-ed
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-12529 students7.6 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed95% to 4-year college
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades K-912 students6 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Christian schools near Hickory by the numbers
- Where
- 6 in Hickory, 1 within 6 miles
- Students
- about 1,315 in all; the typical school has 151
- Smallest and largest
- Reflections of Christ Christian Academy, 12 students; Hickory Christian Academy, 529 students
- Students per teacher
- 10.5 typical, 4.4 to 14 across 7 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 2, most often the American Association of Christian Schools
- To a 4-year college
- 95% of graduates at the typical high school (3 reporting)
- Verified tuition
- University Christian High School $13,325
- State program
- Scholarship, $3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income
How Opportunity Scholarship works
- Pre-K (and up)3
- Elementary (K to 5)6
- Middle (6 to 8)6
- High school (9 to 12)5
- K to 12, one school2
- Under 503
- 50 to 1490
- 150 to 2992
- 300 to 5992
- Christian schools here100%
- All of North Carolina81%
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship schools, list read October 26, 2026, checked November 2, 2026.
- Award and rules: North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship, official page, read October 2, 2026.
- Tuition for 1 school: each school’s own website, last read October 1, 2026.
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