Best Public Schools in Rowan County, North Carolina

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				EOC Biology (2019)	EOC English II (2019)	EOC Math I (2019)	EOC Math III (2019)	EOG Mathematics (2019)						EOG Reading (2019)						EOG Science (2019)		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 (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	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
Essie Mae Kiser Foxx Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	729 N Long St	East Spencer	28039	Rowan County	Essie Mae Kiser Foxx Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(704) 603-4460	121	10	12.1		15 (12.4%)	88 (72.7%)	16 (13.2%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	1.1	1469^th of 1473 public elementary schools	0.3%					(n/a)						18.2					8.3	18.2
North Kannapolis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	800 N Walnut Street	Kannapolis	28081	Rowan County	Kannapolis City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 933-2935	320	28	11.3	99.1%	75 (23.4%)	54 (16.9%)	158 (49.4%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (9.1%)	28.3	1120^th of 1473 public elementary schools	24.0%		41.7	899^th of 1434 public elementary schools	37.3%	221					46.2	48.2	50.8				42.3	41.1	44.6				67.7		$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	569	41	14.0	63.1%	354 (62.2%)	28 (4.9%)	140 (24.6%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.9%)	21.4	1244^th of 1473 public elementary schools	15.5%		25.4	1144^th of 1434 public elementary schools	20.2%	100					34.0	36.3	56.8				36.2	49.0	38.1				56.4		$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	541	29	18.3	43.6%	419 (77.4%)	14 (2.6%)	67 (12.4%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.7%)	40.3	471^st of 737 public middle schools	36.1%		42.2	428^th of 691 public middle schools	38.1%	43								48.1	47.1	29.2				59.6	56.3	51.2		78.4	$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	554	37	15.1	56.7%	360 (65.0%)	42 (7.6%)	112 (20.2%)	7 (1.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.4%)	25.9	582^nd of 737 public middle schools	21.0%		19	579^th of 691 public middle schools	16.2%	3								52.7	52.1	23.4				44.1	43.8	35.2		64.1	$9,905	$690	$9,216
Enochville Elementary	Public	K-5	925 North Enochville Ave	China Grove	28023	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 933-2534	288	19	15.2	53.1%	225 (78.1%)	1 (0.3%)	39 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.0%)	38.5	949^th of 1473 public elementary schools	35.6%		48.7	769^th of 1434 public elementary schools	46.4%	180					41.4	63.8	47.2				56.9	62.1	49.1				47.2		$11,278	$1,739	$9,539
Faith Elementary	Public	K-5	1000 School St	Faith	28041	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 279-3195	322	22	14.5	44.4%	273 (84.8%)	8 (2.5%)	20 (6.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.6%)	66.9	464^th of 1473 public elementary schools	68.5%		67.2	460^th of 1434 public elementary schools	67.9%	4					70.6	63.0	66.7				66.7	67.1	56.7				76.7		$10,693	$1,082	$9,611
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	554	32	17.3	56.1%	339 (61.2%)	102 (18.4%)	65 (11.7%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.2%)	47.1	811^th of 1473 public elementary schools	44.9%		46.3	814^th of 1434 public elementary schools	43.2%	3					64.1	52.6	51.5				55.4	54.7	52.6				74.2		$9,473	$1,028	$8,446
Knollwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3075 Shue Rd	Salisbury	28147	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 857-3400	572	38	15.0	78.7%	138 (24.1%)	62 (10.8%)	348 (60.8%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.3%)	13.4	1333^rd of 1473 public elementary schools	9.5%		11.6	1322^nd of 1434 public elementary schools	7.8%	11					44.8	30.0	35.7				35.4	43.0	37.8				51.5		$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	516	34	15.0	99.4%	264 (51.2%)	64 (12.4%)	136 (26.4%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (8.9%)	55.3	669^th of 1473 public elementary schools	54.6%		44.5	846^th of 1434 public elementary schools	41.0%	177					83.3	57.7	65.9				54.4	54.9	49.5				70.3		$10,725	$1,433	$9,293
Rockwell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	114 Link St	Rockwell	28138	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 279-3145	506	35	14.3	41.9%	431 (85.2%)	8 (1.6%)	31 (6.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.7%)	40.7	907^th of 1473 public elementary schools	38.4%		47.9	782^nd of 1434 public elementary schools	45.5%	125					69.0	44.6	45.5				66.2	55.4	44.9				64.0		$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	955	54	17.6	48.3%	673 (70.5%)	68 (7.1%)	180 (18.8%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.0%)	20.8	399^th of 514 public high schools	22.4%		30.4	316^th of 469 public high schools	32.6%	83	47.3	39.1	20.4	25.8															$9,584	$1,002	$8,582
North Rowan High	Public	9-12	300 North Whitehead Ave	Spencer	28159	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 636-4420	538	41	13.2	63.8%	150 (27.9%)	244 (45.4%)	104 (19.3%)	8 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	26 (4.8%)	9.4	465^th of 514 public high schools	9.5%		7	431^st of 469 public high schools	8.1%	34	28.8	30.1		13.0															$12,425	$1,166	$11,259
Overton Elementary	Public	K-5	1825 Park Rd W	Salisbury	28144	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 639-3000	346	25	13.7	96.0%	93 (26.9%)	152 (43.9%)	53 (15.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (13.0%)	13.5	1330^th of 1473 public elementary schools	9.7%		8.3	1357^th of 1434 public elementary schools	5.4%	27					51.1	26.4	29.5				40.0	38.9	44.3				39.3		$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	440	28	15.4	99.3%	78 (17.7%)	210 (47.7%)	94 (21.4%)	6 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (11.4%)	20.4	1257^th of 1473 public elementary schools	14.7%		15.3	1271^st of 1434 public elementary schools	11.4%	14					35.2	30.7	37.8				39.4	50.0	45.9				63.5		$10,360	$1,726	$8,634
Knox Middle	Public	6-8	1625 Park Rd W	Salisbury	28144	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 633-2922	627	36	17.4	99.0%	81 (12.9%)	327 (52.2%)	170 (27.1%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (6.9%)	2.8	717^th of 737 public middle schools	2.7%		9.2	640^th of 691 public middle schools	7.4%	77								13.1	8.9	8.4				24.0	23.5	30.8		42.2	$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	870	56	15.5	61.0%	186 (21.4%)	378 (43.4%)	250 (28.7%)	14 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (4.7%)	13.4	451^st of 514 public high schools	12.3%		16.6	388^th of 469 public high schools	17.3%	63	35.5	39.5	9.6	19.8															$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	42	14	2.9	92.9%	15 (35.7%)	18 (42.9%)	4 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (11.9%)								(n/a)		0.0													0.0	30.0		20.0	$25,678	$1,458	$24,220
Summit K-8 Virtual Academy	Public	K-8	1636 Parkview Circle	Salisbury	28144	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(704) 636-7500																			(n/a)
Southeast Middle	Public	6-8	1570 Peeler Rd	Salisbury	28146	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 638-5561	739	50	14.9	65.8%	374 (50.6%)	73 (9.9%)	250 (33.8%)	6 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.5%)	23.3	605^th of 737 public middle schools	17.9%		24.4	537^th of 691 public middle schools	22.3%	68								38.4	35.2	29.1				47.5	43.5	41.9		72.9	$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	532	35	15.0	38.3%	429 (80.6%)	2 (0.4%)	68 (12.8%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.3%)	40.9	905^th of 1473 public elementary schools	38.6%		43.3	865^th of 1434 public elementary schools	39.7%	40					57.0	48.9	50.0				60.2	63.0	50.0				56.3		$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	456	29	15.7	50.2%	365 (80.0%)	6 (1.3%)	51 (11.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.0%)	48	800^th of 1473 public elementary schools	45.7%		42.3	884^th of 1434 public elementary schools	38.4%	84					56.9	34.7	64.0				43.1	56.0	62.8				77.9		$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	402	32	12.4	96.8%	54 (13.4%)	189 (47.0%)	114 (28.4%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (10.0%)	1.2	1468^th of 1473 public elementary schools	0.3%		1.3	1428^th of 1434 public elementary schools	0.4%	40					23.3	9.5	11.0				18.3	26.2	14.3				13.6		$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	1,245	71	17.4	37.0%	933 (74.9%)	48 (3.9%)	205 (16.5%)	6 (0.5%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (4.0%)	42.7	265^th of 514 public high schools	48.4%		49.9	215^th of 469 public high schools	54.2%	50	60.4	55.3	33.5	42.2															$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	241	9	28.3	53.1%	110 (45.6%)	31 (12.9%)	81 (33.6%)	8 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.6%)	79.2	57^th of 514 public high schools	88.9%		88.8	22^nd of 469 public high schools	95.3%	35	72.6	90.3	68.0	62.5															$7,268	$298	$6,970
Dole Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	465 Choate Rd	Salisbury	28146	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 639-3046	492	43	11.4	99.4%	123 (25.0%)	191 (38.8%)	96 (19.5%)	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (14.8%)	5.6	1434^th of 1473 public elementary schools	2.6%		7.9	1364^th of 1434 public elementary schools	4.9%	70					21.7	24.0	23.7				26.1	30.7	36.7				42.9		$11,955	$1,494	$10,461
North Rowan Middle	Public	6-8	512 Charles St	Spencer	28159	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 639-3018	498	37	13.5	99.4%	130 (26.1%)	201 (40.4%)	100 (20.1%)	13 (2.6%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	50 (10.0%)	5.1	708^th of 737 public middle schools	3.9%		6.7	655^th of 691 public middle schools	5.2%	53								15.3	16.0	18.9				32.7	24.5	33.1		47.9	$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	430	30	14.3	99.3%	138 (32.1%)	155 (36.0%)	87 (20.2%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (9.8%)	4	1444^th of 1473 public elementary schools	2.0%		5.6	1397^th of 1434 public elementary schools	2.6%	47					12.8	18.3	19.3				30.4	34.3	29.5				35.2		$10,610	$1,852	$8,758
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	1,100	65	17.0	49.1%	656 (59.6%)	154 (14.0%)	235 (21.4%)	9 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (4.1%)	17.2	425^th of 514 public high schools	17.3%		27.2	340^th of 469 public high schools	27.5%	85	33.8	45.1	19.0	22.1															$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	679	42	16.3	57.0%	364 (53.6%)	120 (17.7%)	121 (17.8%)	8 (1.2%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (9.1%)	27.3	574^th of 737 public middle schools	22.1%		14.1	607^th of 691 public middle schools	12.2%	33								42.3	36.0	34.1				54.6	50.0	42.5		67.7	$9,051	$678	$8,373
Morgan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3860 Liberty Rd	Gold Hill	28071	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 636-0169	345	23	15.1	53.9%	306 (88.7%)	7 (2.0%)	14 (4.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.9%)	50.8	750^th of 1473 public elementary schools	49.1%		63	535^th of 1434 public elementary schools	62.7%	215					34.8	54.4	66.7				58.7	61.4	57.4				72.2		$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	288	19	15.0	48.6%	192 (66.7%)	11 (3.8%)	70 (24.3%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)	61.6	549^th of 1473 public elementary schools	62.7%		52.7	702^nd of 1434 public elementary schools	51.0%	153					56.6	59.0	76.8				64.2	61.5	60.7				73.2		$11,028	$1,327	$9,701
Hurley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	625 Hurley School Rd	Salisbury	28147	Rowan County	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 639-3038	489	30	16.1	99.4%	137 (28.0%)	180 (36.8%)	127 (26.0%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (8.2%)	3.2	1454^th of 1473 public elementary schools	1.3%		6.9	1379^th of 1434 public elementary schools	3.8%	75					19.6	22.7	27.7				22.8	29.5	24.5				23.9		$10,704	$1,927	$8,777
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	947	56	16.9	43.3%	753 (79.5%)	64 (6.8%)	80 (8.4%)	11 (1.2%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	34 (3.6%)	29.1	353^rd of 514 public high schools	31.3%		31.4	314^th of 469 public high schools	33.0%	39	46.5	61.6	15.5	24.3															$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	345	23	14.8	30.4%	290 (84.1%)	2 (0.6%)	32 (9.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.8%)	66	474^th of 1473 public elementary schools	67.8%		80.6	217^th of 1434 public elementary schools	84.9%	257					67.2	74.5	54.9				60.3	74.5	62.7				74.5		$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	878	53	16.4	51.9%	676 (77.0%)	73 (8.3%)	75 (8.5%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (5.2%)	23.9	600^th of 737 public middle schools	18.6%		25.1	533^rd of 691 public middle schools	22.9%	67								43.9	37.3	30.4				48.7	48.7	36.2		68.3	$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	626	39	16.1	57.2%	384 (61.3%)	83 (13.3%)	94 (15.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (9.7%)	51	747^th of 1473 public elementary schools	49.3%					(n/a)					56.3	48.4	59.6				50.0	61.7	57.7				79.8		$7,522	$730	$6,792

Best Public Schools in Rowan County, NC

Rowan County Early College

Faith Elementary

Bostian Elementary

Mt Ulla Elementary

Landis Elementary

West Rowan Elementary

Morgan Elementary

Shive Elementary

Granite Quarry Elementary

Carson High

Millbridge Elementary

Rockwell Elementary

China Grove Middle

Enochville Elementary

East Rowan High

North Kannapolis Elementary

West Rowan Middle

Corriher Lipe Middle

Erwin Middle

Southeast Middle

China Grove Elementary

South Rowan High

Isenberg Elementary

West Rowan High

Overton Elementary

Salisbury High

Knollwood Elementary

North Rowan High

Dole Elementary

North Rowan Middle

North Rowan Elementary

Hurley Elementary

Knox Middle

Koontz Elementary

Essie Mae Kiser Foxx Charter

Henderson High

Summit K-8 Virtual Academy

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