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Enrollment
457
Middle
DISTRICT 629 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROWAN-SALISBURY SCHOOLS·NCES 370405001615
Corriher Lipe Middle
214 West Rice St, Landis, NC 28088 · (704) 857-7946 · Rowan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
454 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 144 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 141 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 172 | 38% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
39.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
37.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Corriher Lipe Middle
Corriher Lipe Middle's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corriher Lipe Middle this school | 457 | 99.3% | 38.5% |
| William Lenoir Middle Lenoir | 512 | 98.8% | 54.8% |
| West Iredell Middle Statesville | 521 | 99.4% | 40.8% |
| Central Wilkes Middle School Moravian Falls | 564 | 99.5% | 57.9% |
| Four Oaks Middle Four Oaks | 477 | 98.1% | 59.4% |
| Mount Airy Middle Mount Airy | 395 | 99.2% | 57.4% |
Matched among North Carolina middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Corriher Lipe Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Rowan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #359 of 463 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #340 of 461 | #2 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #342 of 463 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #341 of 478 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #359 of 456 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #226 of 456 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #157 of 472 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #145 of 300 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
457
+62 (+16%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 457 | 25.5 | 17.9:1 | 99% (454) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 28.5 | 16.1:1 | 95% (439) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 24.5 | 19.4:1 | 64% (305) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 43% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 34.9 | 15.0:1 | 64% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 62% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 553 | 39 | 14.2:1 | 55% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 694 | 48 | 14.5:1 | 31% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 587 | 43 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Corriher Lipe Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (522 to 457); teachers down 27% (34.9 to 25.5).
About Corriher Lipe Middle
Corriher Lipe Middle is a middle school in Landis, North Carolina, and it is part of Rowan-Salisbury Schools. The school's 457 students are in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in North Carolina average about 605 students each.
The district for Corriher Lipe Middle is Rowan-Salisbury Schools, with 32 schools and 17,683 students.
A majority of students at Corriher Lipe Middle, 54%, are White. Next come 26% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 70% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Corriher Lipe Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
Its 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in North Carolina is 15.9:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 99% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against North Carolina public middle schools, Corriher Lipe Middle receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Corriher Lipe Middle would score about 48.5%. It scores 38.5%, 10.0 points below that figure.
In the county around the school, Rowan County, median household income is about $65,725, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Corriher Lipe Middle is among the 35 public schools in Rowan County.
The closest public school, Landis Elementary, is about 0.6 miles from Corriher Lipe Middle. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Corriher Lipe Middle ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Corriher Lipe Middle is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The number of students grew from 395 to 457 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 12.7:1 to 17.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Rowan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
149,875
Census ACS
Median income
$65,725
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,917 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rowan-Salisbury Schools
- Carson HighHigh · 1,063 students
- West Rowan HighHigh · 988 students
- East Rowan HighHigh · 986 students
- South Rowan HighHigh · 932 students
- Salisbury HighHigh · 930 students
- Erwin MiddleMiddle · 763 students
Nearby schools
- Landis Elementary0.6 mi · 613
- South Rowan High1.9 mi · 932
- China Grove Elementary2.2 mi · 592
- North Kannapolis Elementary2.7 mi · 296
- Jackson Park Elementary3.0 mi · 476
- China Grove Middle3.3 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Corriher Lipe MiddleHow large is Corriher Lipe Middle?
Corriher Lipe Middle enrolls approximately 457 students in grades 06-08.
Is Corriher Lipe Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Corriher Lipe Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Corriher Lipe Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Corriher Lipe Middle is approximately 17.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Corriher Lipe Middle?
Student demographics at Corriher Lipe Middle are roughly 54% White, 26% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Corriher Lipe Middle in?
Corriher Lipe Middle is part of Rowan-Salisbury Schools.
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