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The public schools with the highest share of Black students in Rowan County, North Carolina

Across Rowan County, North Carolina, 32 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Koontz Elementary leads the list at 50.2%, against a median of 14.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Rowan County, North Carolina

Top % Black

50.2%

Median % Black

14.2%

MOST BLACK · ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Koontz Elementary	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	554	278	50.2%
2	Isenberg Elementary	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	509	249	48.9%
3	Overton Elementary	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	237	109	46.0%
4	North Rowan Middle	Spencer, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	649	283	43.6%
5	Salisbury High	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	930	401	43.1%
6	North Rowan High	Spencer, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	555	214	38.6%
7	Hurley Elementary	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	466	176	37.8%
8	North Rowan Elementary	Spencer, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	405	152	37.5%
9	Dole Elementary	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	388	138	35.6%
10	West Rowan Middle	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	707	157	22.2%
11	Granite Quarry Elementary	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	586	128	21.8%
12	North Kannapolis Elementary	Kannapolis, NC	Kannapolis City Schools	296	56	18.9%
13	Southeast Middle	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	628	118	18.8%
14	West Rowan High	Mount Ulla, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	988	180	18.2%
15	Knollwood Elementary	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	585	95	16.2%
16	Landis Elementary	Landis, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	613	91	14.8%
17	Erwin Middle	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	763	104	13.6%
18	Rowan Co Early College	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	235	31	13.2%
19	East Rowan High	Salisbury, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	986	121	12.3%
20	West Rowan Elementary	Cleveland, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	611	70	11.5%
21	Corriher Lipe Middle	Landis, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	457	50	10.9%
22	South Rowan High	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	932	85	9.1%
23	China Grove Elementary	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	592	47	7.9%
24	Carson High	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	1,063	67	6.3%
25	Shive Elementary	Rockwell, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	413	22	5.3%
26	Mt Ulla Elementary	Mount Ulla, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	281	11	3.9%
27	China Grove Middle	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	572	17	3.0%
28	Bostian Elementary	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	342	10	2.9%
29	Faith Academy Charter School	Faith, NC	Faith Academy	938	19	2.0%
30	Millbridge Elementary	China Grove, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	547	10	1.8%
31	Rockwell Elementary	Rockwell, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	502	9	1.8%
32	Morgan Elementary	Gold Hill, NC	Rowan-Salisbury Schools	275	2	0.7%

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