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Iredell, North Carolina
Iredell County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Apr 30, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Dec 2016
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Iredell is actively engaged in maintaining their status as a Work Ready Community. To do so, they must earn 5 points that prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees.
Traditional goals 3 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
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Emerging | High School | 7872 | 1903 | 3556 | 1674 | 739 | 0 |
College | 121 | 11 | 66 | 41 | + | 0 | |
Current | Private | 1042 | 232 | 527 | 230 | 53 | + |
Public | 525 | 138 | 292 | 82 | 13 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 48 | 9 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 1544 | 368 | 838 | 297 | 41 | + | |
Recent Veteran | 30 | + | 9 | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 2618 | 290 | 430 | 309 | 280 | 0 | |
Totals | 12476 | 2952 | 5747 | 2645 | 1132 | + |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 7872 | 1903 | 3556 | 1674 | 739 | 0 |
College | 121 | 11 | 66 | 41 | + | 0 | |
Current | Private | 1042 | 232 | 527 | 230 | 53 | + |
Public | 525 | 138 | 292 | 82 | 13 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 48 | 9 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 1544 | 368 | 838 | 297 | 41 | + | |
Recent Veteran | 30 | + | 9 | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 2618 | 290 | 430 | 309 | 280 | 0 | |
Totals | 12476 | 2952 | 5747 | 2645 | 1132 | + |
The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.
+ Value less than 4
ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Apr 30, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 688 | 7993 |
✓
Current |
145 | 1568 |
✓ Transitioning | 1330 | 1608 |
Workforce category not identified | 1309 | 1309 |
Workforce | Total |
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Employers Supporting | 156 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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Not Earned | 53 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
Bronze | 55 | 7 | 0 | |
Silver | 21 | 0 | ||
Gold | 3 |
Participating High Schools
These Iredell County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Lake Norman High School
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North Iredell High School
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Statesville High School
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South Iredell High School
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West Iredell High School
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Career Academy and Technical School
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Crossroads Arts & Science Early College
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Pressly School
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Collaborative College of Technology & Leadership Early College
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Agriculture and Science Early College
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Discovery Program at the Springs
Contact Us
For more information on Iredell County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
NCWorks Career Center-Statesville
704-878-4241
Employers in Iredell County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Manpower
- Engineered Sintered Components
- Bruning and Federle Mfg. Co.
Home Instead Senior Care
- Carolina Beverage Group LLC
- Flow Toyota
- Performance Fire Protection LLC
- Downtown Statesville Development
Corporation - AmesburyTruth - Statesville West
- 220 Cafe
- DeLuxe Ice Cream
- McCombs Steel Co. Inc.
- The Law Office of J. Brantley Ostwalt
Jr. PLLC Earth-kind Inc.
- ResCare Workforce Services
- J.C. STEELE & SONS INC
- I-CARE Inc.
- MacLean Curtis
Bayada Home Health Care
Genesis
- Amity Finance
- Town of Troutman
- Detroit Speed Inc.
Iredell County Cooperative Extension
Service- Wayne Brothers Inc.
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