Best Public Schools in Rowan County, North Carolina & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2022)				Ranking (2021)				EOC Biology (2022)	EOC English II (2022)	EOC Math I (2022)	EOC Math III (2022)	EOG Mathematics (2022)						EOG Reading (2022)						EOG Science (2022)		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 (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Statewide Rank (2021)	State Percentile (2021)	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	K-7	1000 School Street	Faith	28041	Rowan County	Faith Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(704) 603-8437	494	33	14.7		447 (90.5%)	15 (3.0%)	14 (2.8%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.6%)								(n/a)					66.1	51.6	62.7	55.0	52.9		64.4	58.1	59.3	53.3	52.9		74.6
North Kannapolis Elementary	Public	K-5	800 N Walnut Street	Kannapolis	28081	Rowan County	Kannapolis City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 933-2935	263	26	10.1	98.9%	53 (20.2%)	46 (17.5%)	143 (54.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.6%)	40	910^th of 1495 public elementary schools	39.1%		33	978^th of 1489 public elementary schools	34.3%	68					32.5	34.2	67.4				17.1	42.1	37.0				76.1		$14,411	$2,811	$11,600
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	555	38	14.8	54.2%	328 (59.1%)	29 (5.2%)	149 (26.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.6%)	21.8	1212^th of 1495 public elementary schools	18.9%		30.5	1017^th of 1489 public elementary schools	31.7%	195					24.2	25.6	37.0				28.6	30.2	45.2				53.4		$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	543	28	19.7	43.5%	405 (74.6%)	16 (2.9%)	93 (17.1%)	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.7%)	30.4	540^th of 760 public middle schools	28.9%		31.5	505^th of 741 public middle schools	31.8%	35								37.4	31.1	23.9				39.1	39.4	44.4		65.6	$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	432	29	14.8	53.9%	269 (62.3%)	40 (9.3%)	95 (22.0%)	4 (0.9%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.2%)	21.9	615^th of 760 public middle schools	19.1%		21.3	598^th of 741 public middle schools	19.3%	17								33.6	33.1	31.8				30.9	37.0	32.4		49.7	$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	511	33	15.4	64.8%	104 (20.4%)	63 (12.3%)	309 (60.5%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.3%)	13.7	1358^th of 1495 public elementary schools	9.2%		14.8	1314^th of 1489 public elementary schools	11.8%	44					42.5	25.8	26.3				25.0	28.9	25.0				35.0		$9,926	$1,540	$8,386
Landis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	801 West Ryder Ave	Landis	28088	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 857-3111	596	37	16.1	96.5%	331 (55.5%)	81 (13.6%)	145 (24.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (5.9%)	49.2	749^th of 1495 public elementary schools	49.9%		68.5	419^th of 1489 public elementary schools	71.9%	330					70.7	45.2	60.7				48.9	50.5	34.2				46.2		$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	513	34	15.2	55.2%	272 (53.0%)	120 (23.4%)	84 (16.4%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.2%)	19	1278^th of 1495 public elementary schools	14.5%		28.4	1050^th of 1489 public elementary schools	29.5%	228					35.8	32.1	26.0				34.3	42.0	26.0				35.6		$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	559	38	14.7	59.2%	142 (25.4%)	240 (42.9%)	111 (19.9%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	54 (9.7%)	10.1	557^th of 603 public high schools	7.6%		11.8	545^th of 594 public high schools	8.2%	12	32.2	26.4	13.1	8.8															$12,425	$1,166	$11,259
Knox Middle	Public	6-8	1625 Park Rd W	Salisbury	28144	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 633-2922	517	31	16.5	99.4%	67 (13.0%)	266 (51.5%)	145 (28.0%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.4%)	6.5	724^th of 760 public middle schools	4.7%		8.8	697^th of 741 public middle schools	5.9%	27								19.2	12.0					30.6	21.4	19.9		31.0	$10,014	$1,717	$8,297
Salisbury High	Public	9-12	500 Lincolnton Rd	Salisbury	28144	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 636-1221	903	55	16.4	57.9%	162 (17.9%)	409 (45.3%)	269 (29.8%)	9 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	52 (5.8%)	17.8	504^th of 603 public high schools	16.4%		17.8	493^rd of 594 public high schools	17.0%	11	40.7	33.3	9.1	29.3															$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	14	11	1.3	78.6%	6 (42.9%)	6 (42.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (14.3%)								(n/a)		10.0																18.2	$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	475	33	14.5	40.6%	409 (86.1%)	8 (1.7%)	30 (6.3%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.1%)	63.8	518^th of 1495 public elementary schools	65.4%		50.2	712^th of 1489 public elementary schools	52.2%	194					81.3	55.6	55.3				58.0	51.2	47.4				57.9		$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	971	56	17.3	42.5%	668 (68.8%)	55 (5.7%)	200 (20.6%)	7 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.1%)	16.1	511^th of 603 public high schools	15.3%		17.1	499^th of 594 public high schools	16.0%	12	19.3	42.0	20.3	25.4															$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	273	21	12.7	98.9%	58 (21.2%)	136 (49.8%)	51 (18.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (9.2%)	11.4	1398^th of 1495 public elementary schools	6.5%		29.7	1026^th of 1489 public elementary schools	31.1%	372					27.8	25.6	25.0				22.2	32.5	29.5				29.5		$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	426	29	14.6	99.3%	66 (15.5%)	232 (54.5%)	83 (19.5%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.9%)	19.6	1261^st of 1495 public elementary schools	15.7%		14.2	1325^th of 1489 public elementary schools	11.0%	64					21.7	16.4	24.2				29.5	39.3	22.7				65.2		$10,360	$1,726	$8,634
Summit K-8 Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	K-8	1636 Parkview Circle	Salisbury	28144	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(704) 636-7500	515	34	15.1	61.2%	200 (38.8%)	139 (27.0%)	128 (24.9%)	9 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.4%)	11.1	1400^th of 1495 public elementary schools	6.4%		20.9	1190^th of 1489 public elementary schools	20.1%	210					13.6	13.0	20.0	19.3	23.8	15.2	34.1	28.3	26.7	33.3	41.3	44.3	26.7	53.2
Dole Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	465 Choate Rd	Salisbury	28146	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 639-3046	390	30	13.2	99.2%	92 (23.6%)	154 (39.5%)	100 (25.6%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (9.7%)	4.2	1483^rd of 1495 public elementary schools	0.8%		8.8	1414^th of 1489 public elementary schools	5.0%	69					12.3	10.3	12.7				15.4	25.0	19.7				18.3		$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	1,065	57	18.7	40.7%	581 (54.6%)	179 (16.8%)	231 (21.7%)	8 (0.8%)	9 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (5.4%)	14.1	530^th of 603 public high schools	12.1%		13.6	529^th of 594 public high schools	10.9%	1	17.8	41.4	13.1	26.6															$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	664	38	17.7	48.6%	362 (54.5%)	112 (16.9%)	127 (19.1%)	8 (1.2%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (7.7%)	19.1	635^th of 760 public middle schools	16.4%		23.7	574^th of 741 public middle schools	22.5%	61								33.2	29.4	18.9				30.8	30.9	38.1		54.7	$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	640	41	15.8	50.9%	302 (47.2%)	60 (9.4%)	241 (37.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.2%)	15.7	667^th of 760 public middle schools	12.2%		22.2	592^nd of 741 public middle schools	20.1%	75								30.0	22.8	21.1				32.5	35.1	27.5		49.5	$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	581	41	14.1	39.2%	454 (78.1%)	2 (0.3%)	85 (14.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.4%)	48.5	759^th of 1495 public elementary schools	49.2%		60.5	563^rd of 1489 public elementary schools	62.2%	196					71.4	49.5	41.0				57.1	47.6	39.0				44.0		$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	497	33	15.1	51.1%	405 (81.5%)	11 (2.2%)	54 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.4%)	34.3	1011^th of 1495 public elementary schools	32.4%		48	738^th of 1489 public elementary schools	50.4%	273					50.0	44.6	39.2				40.0	45.9	32.5				48.8		$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	478	38	12.4	99.4%	75 (15.7%)	219 (45.8%)	133 (27.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (10.5%)	4.7	1477^th of 1495 public elementary schools	1.2%		7.7	1438^th of 1489 public elementary schools	3.4%	39					20.8	21.7	9.4				20.5	20.3	10.9				20.3		$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	1,153	63	18.2	34.3%	823 (71.4%)	56 (4.9%)	213 (18.5%)	9 (0.8%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (4.2%)	40	345^th of 603 public high schools	42.8%		43.6	317^th of 594 public high schools	46.6%	28	50.8	55.2	30.0	42.7															$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	239	9	25.7	46.0%	96 (40.2%)	28 (11.7%)	94 (39.3%)	11 (4.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.8%)	59.6	229^th of 603 public high schools	62.0%		58.7	214^th of 594 public high schools	64.0%	15	51.4	82.3	35.3	57.6															$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	476	31	15.1	97.3%	108 (22.7%)	195 (41.0%)	128 (26.9%)	7 (1.5%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (7.1%)	5.6	731^st of 760 public middle schools	3.8%		10.6	681^st of 741 public middle schools	8.1%	50								12.5	13.8	9.2				16.1	22.5	23.6		42.3	$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	400	31	12.7	99.3%	140 (35.0%)	130 (32.5%)	82 (20.5%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (10.3%)	4.4	1480^th of 1495 public elementary schools	1.0%		12.2	1354^th of 1489 public elementary schools	9.1%	126					10.2	12.3	6.9				19.0	21.5	22.0				22.0		$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	491	34	14.4	99.4%	108 (22.0%)	195 (39.7%)	146 (29.7%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.3%)	7.4	1436^th of 1495 public elementary schools	3.9%		8.5	1420^th of 1489 public elementary schools	4.6%	16					19.1	17.6	19.0				21.3	30.7	23.8				20.6		$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	20	13.7	56.6%	241 (85.8%)	3 (1.1%)	15 (5.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.5%)	32.9	1029^th of 1495 public elementary schools	31.2%		45.4	778^th of 1489 public elementary schools	47.8%	251					25.0	56.8	35.6				34.6	73.0	33.9				44.1		$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	277	17	16.4	39.4%	186 (67.1%)	10 (3.6%)	66 (23.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.7%)	62.1	541^st of 1495 public elementary schools	63.8%		63.4	512^th of 1489 public elementary schools	65.6%	29					50.0	62.7	86.0				53.3	49.0	44.0				62.0		$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	983	57	17.3	40.5%	756 (76.9%)	75 (7.6%)	98 (10.0%)	9 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	41 (4.2%)	23.9	460^th of 603 public high schools	23.7%		19.7	482^nd of 594 public high schools	18.9%	22	36.8	47.2	23.2	25.1															$9,575	$985	$8,590
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	23	14.4	32.7%	279 (83.8%)	8 (2.4%)	27 (8.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.4%)	71.6	373^rd of 1495 public elementary schools	75.1%		81.7	222^nd of 1489 public elementary schools	85.1%	151					68.9	33.3	66.7				55.7	56.3	70.4				81.5		$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	775	52	14.9	50.5%	566 (73.0%)	84 (10.8%)	75 (9.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (5.9%)	21.5	622^nd of 760 public middle schools	18.2%		22	594^th of 741 public middle schools	19.8%	28								32.6	28.7	20.0				28.2	33.7	39.5		61.6	$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	578	39	14.7	53.5%	368 (63.7%)	57 (9.9%)	92 (15.9%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (9.9%)	42.8	857^th of 1495 public elementary schools	42.7%		29.2	1034^th of 1489 public elementary schools	30.6%	177					50.0	60.7	30.0				39.8	51.7	36.7				60.0		$7,522	$730	$6,792

Best Public Schools in Rowan County, NC

Bostian Elementary

Rockwell Elementary

Mt Ulla Elementary

Rowan County Early College

Landis Elementary

Millbridge Elementary

West Rowan Elementary

North Kannapolis Elementary

Carson High

Shive Elementary

Morgan Elementary

China Grove Middle

East Rowan High

Corriher Lipe Middle

China Grove Elementary

Erwin Middle

Isenberg Elementary

West Rowan Middle

Granite Quarry Elementary

Salisbury High

South Rowan High

Southeast Middle

West Rowan High

Knollwood Elementary

Overton Elementary

Summit K-8 Virtual Academy

North Rowan High

Hurley Elementary

Knox Middle

North Rowan Middle

Koontz Elementary

North Rowan Elementary

Dole Elementary

Faith Academy Charter School

Henderson High

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