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Enrollment
586
Elementary
DISTRICT 465 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROWAN-SALISBURY SCHOOLS·NCES 370405001619
Granite Quarry Elementary
118 South Walnut St, Salisbury, NC 28146 · (704) 279-2154 · Rowan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
583 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
67%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
36.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
41.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Granite Quarry Elementary
Granite Quarry Elementary's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Quarry Elementary this school | 586 | 99.5% | 40.2% |
| Ida Rankin Elementary School Mount Holly | 533 | 97.6% | 61.6% |
| Powhatan Elementary Clayton | 656 | 99.5% | 73.1% |
| Walkertown Elementary Walkertown | 633 | 99.5% | 44.2% |
| Cash Elementary Kernersville | 520 | 99.4% | 64.2% |
| Fremont STARS Elementary Fremont | 535 | 99.4% | 51.3% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary 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 Granite Quarry Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Rowan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #1,095 of 1,297 | #11 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,120 of 1,296 | #10 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #1,050 of 1,300 | #10 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #385 of 1,485 | #4 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #1,346 of 1,377 | #18 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #345 of 1,379 | #4 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #168 of 1,414 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.1% | #222 of 369 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
586
+162 (+38%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 802
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 586 | 29.3 | 20.0:1 | 99% (583) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 36 | 15.0:1 | 98% (530) |
| 2022-23 | 560 | 32.5 | 17.2:1 | 64% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 45% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 34.7 | 15.8:1 | 55% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 61% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 62% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 726 | 45 | 16.1:1 | 57% (415) |
| 1990-91 | 802 | 36 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Granite Quarry Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (547 to 586); teachers down 15% (34.7 to 29.3).
About Granite Quarry Elementary
Granite Quarry Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Salisbury, North Carolina, (ZIP code 28146). It serves 586 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in North Carolina is roughly 467 students; this school is 25% bigger than that.
Rowan-Salisbury Schools runs 32 schools with a combined 17,683 students. Granite Quarry Elementary is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Granite Quarry Elementary, at 48%. Other groups include 22% Black, 18% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. By comparison, Rowan County residents are about 70% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 20.0:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Eligible students account for 99% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
The allk12 Grade for Granite Quarry Elementary is C-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 15% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Granite Quarry Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (40.2%) and its predicted rate (48.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
Federal survey data for Rowan County show that the median household income is $65,725, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Rowan County is home to 35 public schools and about 18,917 public school students.
Nearest public school: Faith Academy Charter School, about 1.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 38.7% on proficiency, and Granite Quarry Elementary is above that at 40.2%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment is up 38% from 2020-21, when Granite Quarry Elementary had 424 students, to 2024-25, when it had 586. The ratio was 14.6:1 in 2020-21 and 20.0:1 in 2024-25.
The Granite Quarry Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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
Other schools in Salisbury
- East Rowan HighHigh · 986 students
- Salisbury HighHigh · 930 students
- Erwin MiddleMiddle · 763 students
- West Rowan MiddleMiddle · 707 students
- Southeast MiddleMiddle · 628 students
- Knollwood ElementaryElementary · 585 students
Nearby schools
- Faith Academy Charter School1.5 mi · 938
- Erwin Middle1.7 mi · 763
- East Rowan High1.8 mi · 986
- Rowan Co Early College2.7 mi · 235
- Koontz Elementary2.9 mi · 554
- Southeast Middle3.4 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About Granite Quarry ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Granite Quarry Elementary?
Granite Quarry Elementary enrolls approximately 586 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Granite Quarry Elementary serve?
Granite Quarry Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Granite Quarry Elementary have?
Granite Quarry Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Granite Quarry Elementary?
At Granite Quarry Elementary, the student body is approximately 48% White, 18% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Granite Quarry Elementary in?
Granite Quarry Elementary is part of Rowan-Salisbury Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.