Hickory Ridge High School is a comprehensive public high school in Harrisburg, North Carolina.

It became the sixth high school in the Cabarrus County Schools system when it opened on August 27, 2007.

It has been designated by the North Carolina Board of Education an Honor School of Excellence, North Carolina's highest distinction, for 2008–2009, 2009–2010, and 2010–2011.

It is one of only four traditional high schools in the state to receive this honor.

2010–2011 was the first year without students from feeder high schools Jay M. Robinson High School and Central Cabarrus High School.