Best Public Schools in Rowan County, North Carolina & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				EOC Biology (2024)	EOC English II (2024)	EOC Math I (2024)	EOC Math III (2024)	EOG Mathematics (2024)						EOG Reading (2024)						EOG Science (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Faith Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-9	420 North Main Street	Faith	28041	Rowan County	Faith Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(704) 603-8437	601	42	14.4		543 (90.3%)	16 (2.7%)	20 (3.3%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.7%)								(n/a)	58.8		71.1		67.1	54.9	57.5	27.3	45.1	64.9	57.3	50.7	58.8	39.0	57.3	59.5	62.5	77.0
China Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	514 South Franklin St	China Grove	28023	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 857-7708	618	33	18.7	68.4%	360 (58.3%)	40 (6.5%)	162 (26.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (8.6%)	12.7	1392^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	7.5%		9.6	1424^th of 1502 public elementary schools	5.2%	32					28.6	36.4	36.9				34.7	28.4	28.8				41.4		$9,544	$1,171	$8,373
China Grove Middle	Public	6-8	1013 North Main St	China Grove	28023	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 857-7038	524	27	19.7	48.9%	368 (70.2%)	20 (3.8%)	100 (19.1%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.7%)	29.2	568^th of 793 public middle schools	28.4%		36.1	499^th of 784 public middle schools	36.4%	69								44.1	34.9	34.0				35.5	41.2	43.4		53.4	$9,348	$833	$8,516
Corriher Lipe Middle	Public	6-8	214 West Rice St	Landis	28088	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 857-7946	476	25	19.4	64.1%	275 (57.8%)	42 (8.8%)	121 (25.4%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	30 (6.3%)	19.8	658^th of 793 public middle schools	17.0%		21.2	645^th of 784 public middle schools	17.7%	13								38.6	28.3	29.7				31.2	38.0	35.4		41.5	$9,905	$690	$9,216
Knollwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3075 Shue Rd	Salisbury	28147	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 857-3400	565	30	18.8	79.5%	121 (21.4%)	72 (12.7%)	339 (60.0%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.4%)	2.9	1494^th of 1505 public elementary schools	0.7%		6.7	1451^st of 1502 public elementary schools	3.4%	43					19.1	21.6	19.7				16.9	21.1	19.7				24.7		$9,926	$1,540	$8,386
Landis Elementary	Public	K-5	801 West Ryder Ave	Landis	28088	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 857-3111	589	35	16.8	90.8%	321 (54.5%)	75 (12.7%)	147 (25.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (7.3%)	47.3	792^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	47.4%		42.5	888^th of 1502 public elementary schools	40.9%	96					74.5	54.1	59.6				56.6	44.9	33.0				51.4		$10,725	$1,433	$9,293
Granite Quarry Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	118 South Walnut St	Salisbury	28146	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 279-2154	560	33	17.2	64.1%	287 (51.3%)	136 (24.3%)	80 (14.3%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (8.8%)	23	1229^th of 1505 public elementary schools	18.3%		12.3	1380^th of 1502 public elementary schools	8.1%	151					46.5	36.6	38.5				36.8	38.2	38.5				56.3		$9,473	$1,028	$8,446
North Rowan High	Public	9-12	300 North Whitehead Ave	Spencer	28159	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 636-4420	589	38	15.6	66.4%	143 (24.3%)	247 (41.9%)	129 (21.9%)	10 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (10.0%)	4.8	621^st of 640 public high schools	3.0%		3.4	612^th of 626 public high schools	2.2%	9	13.2	26.9	7.9	13.5															$12,425	$1,166	$11,259
Salisbury High	Public	9-12	500 Lincolnton Rd	Salisbury	28144	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 636-1221	959	54	17.8	65.5%	138 (14.4%)	423 (44.1%)	325 (33.9%)	14 (1.5%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (5.8%)	10.8	587^th of 640 public high schools	8.3%		10.5	576^th of 626 public high schools	8.0%	11	33.6	36.1	11.4	13.4															$11,029	$745	$10,284
Henderson High	Public	6-12	1215 North Main St	Salisbury	28144	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 639-3134	34	12	2.9	91.2%	9 (26.5%)	18 (52.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (20.6%)								(n/a)									7.1						7.1	7.1		7.1	$25,678	$1,458	$24,220
Rockwell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	114 Link St	Rockwell	28138	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 279-3145	519	33	15.6	49.3%	449 (86.5%)	8 (1.5%)	35 (6.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.6%)	59.7	587^th of 1505 public elementary schools	61.0%		54.4	688^th of 1502 public elementary schools	54.2%	101					72.7	57.6	70.1				48.1	40.0	55.2				72.4		$9,665	$1,123	$8,541
South Rowan High	Public	9-12	1655 Patterson St	China Grove	28023	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 857-1161	952	51	18.5	52.2%	643 (67.5%)	61 (6.4%)	191 (20.1%)	9 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (4.8%)	11.9	578^th of 640 public high schools	9.7%		11	570^th of 626 public high schools	8.9%	8	27.8	39.4	14.5	25.5															$9,584	$1,002	$8,582
Overton Elementary	Public	K-5	1825 Park Rd W	Salisbury	28144	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 639-3000	311	20	15.3	94.9%	60 (19.3%)	150 (48.2%)	68 (21.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.6%)	6	1471^st of 1505 public elementary schools	2.3%		4.5	1481^st of 1502 public elementary schools	1.4%	10					23.7	23.7	20.8				26.3	31.6	26.4				20.8		$12,485	$2,175	$10,310
Isenberg Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2800 Jake Alexander Blvd N	Salisbury	28147	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 639-3009	464	33	14.0	93.1%	86 (18.5%)	226 (48.7%)	84 (18.1%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (13.6%)	18.5	1303^rd of 1505 public elementary schools	13.4%		17.4	1300^th of 1502 public elementary schools	13.4%	3					32.5	21.1	35.6				24.7	31.0	29.5				80.3		$10,360	$1,726	$8,634
Summit Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	K-8	1636 Parkview Circle	Salisbury	28144	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(704) 630-7274	227	15	15.2	66.1%	100 (44.1%)	54 (23.8%)	50 (22.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (9.7%)	15.1	1362^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	9.5%		18.1	1284^th of 1502 public elementary schools	14.5%	78					20.0	34.5	24.0	20.0	26.7	17.0	33.3	37.9	32.0	40.0	32.3	42.3	48.0	52.8
Dole Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	465 Choate Rd	Salisbury	28146	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 639-3046	414	29	14.2	97.3%	108 (26.1%)	144 (34.8%)	109 (26.3%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (11.1%)	7.5	1452^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	3.5%		3.5	1490^th of 1502 public elementary schools	0.8%	38					24.6	30.9	5.7				14.8	27.3	14.3				53.6		$11,955	$1,494	$10,461
West Rowan High	Public	9-12	8050 NC 801 Hwy	Mount Ulla	28125	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 278-9233	1,113	59	19.0	55.8%	571 (51.3%)	207 (18.6%)	243 (21.8%)	10 (0.9%)	7 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (6.7%)	11.5	580^th of 640 public high schools	9.4%		8.4	592^nd of 626 public high schools	5.4%	12	25.6	40.3	10.9	26.8															$9,333	$909	$8,424
West Rowan Middle	Public	6-8	5925 Statesville Blvd	Salisbury	28147	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 633-4775	648	37	17.5	59.9%	331 (51.1%)	125 (19.3%)	119 (18.4%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (10.0%)	17.5	683^rd of 793 public middle schools	13.9%		19.8	651^st of 784 public middle schools	17.0%	32								37.1	21.6	21.6				35.7	23.8	38.7		54.4	$9,051	$678	$8,373
Southeast Middle	Public	6-8	1570 Peeler Rd	Salisbury	28146	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 638-5561	559	30	18.7	67.1%	247 (44.2%)	45 (8.1%)	229 (41.0%)	7 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.2%)	10.9	727^th of 793 public middle schools	8.3%		17.3	673^rd of 784 public middle schools	14.2%	54								40.3	12.4	12.9				36.2	18.3	24.1		39.2	$8,744	$966	$7,779
Millbridge Elementary	Public	K-5	155 Ed Deal Rd	China Grove	28023	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 855-5591	566	40	14.1	47.3%	434 (76.7%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (17.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.7%)	64.5	496^th of 1505 public elementary schools	67.0%		57.8	625^th of 1502 public elementary schools	58.4%	129					66.0	67.1	65.3				51.5	50.7	52.6				77.9		$10,417	$1,251	$9,166
Shive Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	655 Holshouser Rd	Rockwell	28138	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 279-2899	480	34	14.0	63.1%	372 (77.5%)	19 (4.0%)	66 (13.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.6%)	47.1	798^th of 1505 public elementary schools	47.0%		38.1	959^th of 1502 public elementary schools	36.2%	161					50.7	52.8	60.0				42.0	55.6	42.7				69.3		$11,083	$1,861	$9,222
Koontz Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	685 East Ritchie Rd	Salisbury	28146	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 216-0273	515	37	13.8	94.4%	66 (12.8%)	250 (48.5%)	148 (28.7%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (9.1%)	1.1	1505^th of 1505 public elementary schools	0.0%		4.4	1484^th of 1502 public elementary schools	1.2%	21					10.6	9.8					12.6	11.0	14.3				10.8		$10,522	$1,875	$8,647
Carson High	Public	9-12	290 Kress Venture Dr	China Grove	28023	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 855-7297	1,170	61	19.2	48.3%	811 (69.3%)	51 (4.4%)	242 (20.7%)	10 (0.9%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (4.5%)	24.8	487^th of 640 public high schools	23.9%		25.8	470^th of 626 public high schools	24.9%	17	37.5	48.1	32.6	37.1															$8,570	$767	$7,803
Rowan County Early College	Public	9-12	1333 Jake Alexander Blvd S	Salisbury	28146	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 216-3873	236	9	26.0	47.9%	98 (41.5%)	37 (15.7%)	80 (33.9%)	11 (4.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.8%)	82.8	121^st of 640 public high schools	81.1%		83.5	111^th of 626 public high schools	82.3%	10	73.0	81.3	66.0	88.2															$7,268	$298	$6,970
North Rowan Middle	Public	6-8	512 Charles St	Spencer	28159	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 639-3018	440	25	17.9	88.9%	102 (23.2%)	173 (39.3%)	119 (27.0%)	8 (1.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.2%)	6.2	762^nd of 793 public middle schools	3.9%		10	721^st of 784 public middle schools	8.0%	41								13.4	21.6	8.1				20.8	29.3	18.1		42.6	$11,802	$1,547	$10,255
North Rowan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Charles St	Spencer	28159	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 639-3042	426	31	13.8	92.3%	125 (29.3%)	160 (37.6%)	92 (21.6%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (9.6%)	2.6	1496^th of 1505 public elementary schools	0.6%		2.5	1497^th of 1502 public elementary schools	0.3%	1					18.8	7.4	17.8				20.3	16.2	20.5				29.2		$10,610	$1,852	$8,758
Hurley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	625 Hurley School Rd	Salisbury	28147	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 639-3038	518	38	13.8	94.4%	106 (20.5%)	197 (38.0%)	168 (32.4%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.1%)	4.4	1483^rd of 1505 public elementary schools	1.5%		4.4	1485^th of 1502 public elementary schools	1.1%	2					24.3	19.1	23.1				14.9	22.1	22.0				39.6		$10,704	$1,927	$8,777
Morgan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3860 Liberty Rd	Gold Hill	28071	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 636-0169	281	19	15.1	64.4%	239 (85.1%)	5 (1.8%)	16 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.5%)	20.7	1273^rd of 1505 public elementary schools	15.4%		41.2	909^th of 1502 public elementary schools	39.5%	364					41.9	31.1	29.6				51.6	28.9	33.3				57.4		$10,627	$1,267	$9,360
Mt Ulla Elementary	Public	K-5	13155 NC 801 Hwy	Mount Ulla	28125	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 278-2750	264	17	15.5	47.0%	184 (69.7%)	8 (3.0%)	53 (20.1%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.4%)	65.6	482^nd of 1505 public elementary schools	68.0%		59	600^th of 1502 public elementary schools	60.1%	118					52.4	80.4	87.1				52.4	63.0	41.9				71.0		$11,028	$1,327	$9,701
East Rowan High	Public	9-12	175 St Luke's Church Rd	Salisbury	28146	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 279-5232	1,032	59	17.5	50.8%	783 (75.9%)	94 (9.1%)	96 (9.3%)	9 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	47 (4.6%)	31.3	436^th of 640 public high schools	31.9%		29.7	434^th of 626 public high schools	30.7%	2	47.4	53.2	31.0	39.2															$9,575	$985	$8,590
Cool Spring Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1969 Mocksville Hwy	Cleveland	27013	Rowan County	Iredell-Statesville Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 873-4949	376	25	14.8	57.4%	266 (70.7%)	29 (7.7%)	53 (14.1%)	12 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.3%)	88.1	140^th of 1505 public elementary schools	90.7%		85.4	160^th of 1502 public elementary schools	89.3%	20					87.7	69.6	90.3				69.2	62.3	79.0				85.5		$9,664	$840	$8,824
Bostian Elementary	Public	K-5	4245 Old Beatty Ford Rd	China Grove	28023	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 857-2322	333	24	13.9	42.6%	277 (83.2%)	8 (2.4%)	34 (10.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	65.9	477^th of 1505 public elementary schools	68.3%		64.1	512^th of 1502 public elementary schools	65.9%	35					56.1	51.9	78.1				50.9	54.5	64.1				81.3		$11,138	$1,209	$9,929
Erwin Middle	Public	6-8	170 St Luke's Church Rd	Salisbury	28146	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 279-7265	759	48	15.8	55.7%	555 (73.1%)	75 (9.9%)	75 (9.9%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (6.3%)	18.6	672^nd of 793 public middle schools	15.3%		25	611^th of 784 public middle schools	22.1%	61								41.5	30.1	22.2				35.4	29.3	31.9		50.6	$8,912	$644	$8,268
West Rowan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	480 Mimosa St	Cleveland	27013	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 278-2131	570	39	14.6	61.2%	371 (65.1%)	51 (8.9%)	87 (15.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (10.0%)	29.1	1117^th of 1505 public elementary schools	25.8%		34.4	1016^th of 1502 public elementary schools	32.4%	101					42.1	56.7	51.5				33.7	44.3	33.0				50.5		$7,522	$730	$6,792

Best Public Schools in Rowan County, NC

Cool Spring Elementary

Rowan County Early College

Bostian Elementary

Mt Ulla Elementary

Millbridge Elementary

Rockwell Elementary

Landis Elementary

Shive Elementary

East Rowan High

China Grove Middle

West Rowan Elementary

Carson High

Granite Quarry Elementary

Morgan Elementary

Corriher Lipe Middle

Erwin Middle

Isenberg Elementary

West Rowan Middle

Summit Virtual Academy

China Grove Elementary

South Rowan High

West Rowan High

Southeast Middle

Salisbury High

Dole Elementary

North Rowan Middle

Overton Elementary

North Rowan High

Hurley Elementary

Knollwood Elementary

North Rowan Elementary

Koontz Elementary

Faith Academy Charter School

Henderson High

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