Total enrollment
17,683
-75 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
33 schools in Rowan-Salisbury Schools
North Carolina · 17,683 students · 8 cities
Parents inside Rowan-Salisbury Schools pick from 33 public K-12 options, with combined enrollment of about 17,683 students (an average school size of 536).
4-year change in Rowan-Salisbury Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
32
-1 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Rowan-Salisbury Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In North Carolina | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #101 of 112 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 17,683 | #20 of 116 | #461 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 32 | #21 of 116 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #106 of 116 | #7,676 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 95.5% | #72 of 114 | #516 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #34 of 111 | #750 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Rowan-Salisbury Schools
State test results across the district's 30 scored schools run from Rowan Co Early College at 78.4% proficient to Koontz Elementary at 13.3%, a gap of 65.2 points. That is the 15th widest gap among 104 North Carolina districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 30 district schools that reported both years went from 17,444 to 16,831 students (down 4%) and from 1,134 to 936 full-time teachers (down 17%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Rowan-Salisbury Schools
As an average-sized district in North Carolina, Rowan-Salisbury Schools hosts 17,683 students across 33 schools.
On the school-mix side, Rowan-Salisbury Schools covers 17 elementary, 6 middle, 8 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
Trend over the past 4 years. Total public-school enrollment in Rowan-Salisbury Schools has stayed largely flat since SY 2020-21, moving from about 17,758 students to 17,683. Rowan-Salisbury Schools now counts 32 public schools, down from 33 in SY 2020-21.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Rowan-Salisbury Schools discusses sports rivalries, cross-district programs, and shared facilities. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.