Corriher Lipe Middle

Corriher Lipe Middle is a middle-grades school of compact scale in Landis, North Carolina, run under Rowan-Salisbury Schools, instructing 457 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 605.

Across the 32 schools in Rowan-Salisbury Schools (17,683 students total), Corriher Lipe Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Corriher Lipe Middle reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 26% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Corriher Lipe Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

Around the school, census data for Rowan County shows median household income runs about $65,725, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Rowan County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,917 students), of which Corriher Lipe Middle is one.

Landis Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Corriher Lipe Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Corriher Lipe Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Corriher Lipe Middle's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 522 (now 457). Over the same period, the White share fell from 71% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.