Knollwood Elementary

Located at 3075 Shue Rd, in Salisbury, North Carolina, Knollwood Elementary is a mid-sized primary school that instructs 585 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Rowan-Salisbury Schools. That puts it 25% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Across the 32 schools in Rowan-Salisbury Schools (17,683 students total), Knollwood Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Knollwood Elementary lists that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 22% White, 16% Black, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Knollwood 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 28.0%, -20.4 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Rowan County put the typical household earns roughly $65,725 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Rowan County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,917 students), of which Knollwood Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: China Grove Middle, around 2.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Knollwood Elementary. On composite proficiency, Knollwood Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Knollwood Elementary has showed little movement, going from 595 students in 2018 to 585 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 28% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

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