Isenberg Elementary

Isenberg Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Salisbury, North Carolina. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 509 students.

The Rowan-Salisbury Schools system has 32 schools and 17,683 students.

No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Isenberg Elementary. The largest is Black students, at 49%. Other students are 21% Hispanic, 19% White, and 10% multiracial. That is higher than the 16% Black share among all Rowan County residents. 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.

Isenberg Elementary operates with 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.0:1. That matches the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina fairly closely. Isenberg Elementary reports 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 96% average for public schools in Rowan County.

Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Isenberg Elementary 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.

On BeatsExpectations, Isenberg Elementary is 6.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools.

Within Rowan County, the median household income is $65,725, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Isenberg Elementary, Rowan County has 34 other public schools.

The closest other public school is Summit Virtual Academy, about 1.7 miles away. Isenberg Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Isenberg Elementary ranks 1st of 7 nearby schools, at 43.5% versus a 23.8% average.

Isenberg Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment records show 310 in 2020-21 and 509 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 15.0:1, from 11.9:1.

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