Hurley Elementary

Hurley Elementary, a moderately sized elementary campus in Salisbury, North Carolina, run under Rowan-Salisbury Schools, caters to 466 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Rowan-Salisbury Schools runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 17,683 students. Hurley Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Hurley Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 38%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 38% Black, 15% White, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Rowan County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Hurley Elementary shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 99% of students at Hurley Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Hurley Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.5%; this one comes in at 23.8%, -24.7 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, 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%. Across Rowan County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,917 students), Hurley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is West Rowan Middle, roughly 1.8 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hurley Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hurley Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 514 (now 466). The White share of enrollment fell from 30% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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