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The highest-poverty public schools in Rowan County, North Carolina

Across Rowan County, North Carolina, 31 public schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Carson High leads the list at 99.7%, against a median of 99.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Rowan County, North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.7%

Median % FRL

99.3%

HIGHEST POVERTY · ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Carson High	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	1,063	99.7%
2	West Rowan High	Mount Ulla, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	988	99.7%
3	South Rowan High	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	932	99.7%
4	Salisbury High	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	930	99.7%
5	North Rowan Middle	Spencer, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Middle	649	99.5%
6	Southeast Middle	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Middle	628	99.5%
7	Landis Elementary	Landis, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	613	99.5%
8	West Rowan Elementary	Cleveland, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	611	99.5%
9	China Grove Elementary	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	592	99.5%
10	Granite Quarry Elementary	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	586	99.5%
11	Knollwood Elementary	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	585	99.5%
12	China Grove Middle	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Middle	572	99.5%
13	Millbridge Elementary	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	547	99.5%
14	Rockwell Elementary	Rockwell, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	502	99.4%
15	Hurley Elementary	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	466	99.4%
16	Corriher Lipe Middle	Landis, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Middle	457	99.3%
17	Shive Elementary	Rockwell, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	413	99.3%
18	North Rowan Elementary	Spencer, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	405	99.3%
19	Dole Elementary	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	388	99.2%
20	Bostian Elementary	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	342	99.1%
21	North Kannapolis Elementary	Kannapolis, NC	Kannapolis City Schools	Elementary	296	99.0%
22	Mt Ulla Elementary	Mount Ulla, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	281	98.9%
23	Morgan Elementary	Gold Hill, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	275	98.9%
24	West Rowan Middle	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Middle	707	98.9%
25	Rowan Co Early College	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	235	98.7%
26	Erwin Middle	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Middle	763	98.4%
27	East Rowan High	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	986	98.4%
28	Isenberg Elementary	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	509	95.3%
29	Koontz Elementary	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	554	92.8%
30	Overton Elementary	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	Elementary	237	92.0%
31	North Rowan High	Spencer, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	High	555	0.5%

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