Summary:
Zip code 28088, encompassing the town of Landis, North Carolina, is served by a single middle school, Corriher Lipe Middle, which educates students in grades 6 through 8 as part of the Rowan-Salisbury Schools district.
Corriher Lipe Middle is a high-poverty school where nearly the entire student body is economically disadvantaged, with 99.34% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school serves 457 students and has maintained a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three years, consistently ranking in the bottom quintile of North Carolina middle schools. Despite these challenges, the school shows a nuanced academic profile. In 2025–2026, Corriher Lipe Middle actually outperformed its district average in overall EOG proficiency across both math and reading, posting an average of 41.7% proficient compared to the district's 38.8%. However, the school remains roughly 16 percentage points behind the state average of 57.8%. Math is a relative strength, particularly in 8th grade, where 45.7% of students scored proficient, far exceeding the district's 32.0% and coming within just 7 points of the state average.
The most significant concern is 8th-grade reading, where only 31.4% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, a sharp decline of 8.7 percentage points from the previous year and well below both the district (39.8%) and state (56.1%) averages. Chronic absenteeism is another serious barrier, impacting 37.6% of students—13.4 percentage points higher than the state rate. Positively, year-over-year trends show notable improvements in 6th-grade math (+8.1 points), 8th-grade math (+9.3 points), and 8th-grade science (+5.1 points). While Corriher Lipe Middle faces substantial obstacles related to poverty and attendance, its ability to outperform the district average in core subjects suggests pockets of effectiveness that families may find encouraging, particularly in mathematics.
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