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Enrollment
585
Elementary
DISTRICT 465 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROWAN-SALISBURY SCHOOLS·NCES 370405001621
Knollwood Elementary
3075 Shue Rd, Salisbury, NC 28147 · (704) 857-3400 · Rowan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
18.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
582 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 | 21 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
63%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
24.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
25.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Knollwood Elementary
Knollwood Elementary's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knollwood Elementary this school | 585 | 99.5% | 28.0% |
| Balfour Elementary Asheboro | 558 | 98.0% | 44.8% |
| New Hope Elementary Chapel Hill | 528 | 99.1% | 55.6% |
| Hodge Road Elementary Knightdale | 522 | 99.4% | 46.5% |
| Salemburg Elementary Salemburg | 502 | 99.4% | 43.2% |
| Deep River Elementary Sanford | 557 | 96.8% | 60.1% |
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 Knollwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Rowan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,258 of 1,297 | #13 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #1,277 of 1,296 | #13 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #1,248 of 1,300 | #14 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #389 of 1,485 | #5 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #1,325 of 1,377 | #17 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #590 of 1,379 | #10 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #170 of 1,414 | #5 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #890 of 937 | #12 of 12 |
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
585
+164 (+39%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 585 | 31.1 | 18.8:1 | 99% (582) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 32 | 17.1:1 | 96% (525) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 30 | 18.8:1 | 79% (449) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 31 | 13.6:1 | 57% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 39.3 | 15.1:1 | 99% (591) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 40 | 16.7:1 | 100% (665) |
| 2010-11 | 632 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 76% (479) |
| 2000-01 | 725 | 44 | 16.5:1 | 42% (302) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 28 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Knollwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (595 to 585); teachers down 21% (39.3 to 31.1).
About Knollwood Elementary
Knollwood Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Salisbury, North Carolina, administered by Rowan-Salisbury Schools. A total of 585 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students, so this school is 25% bigger than average.
Knollwood Elementary is in Rowan-Salisbury Schools, a district with 17,683 students across 32 schools.
Knollwood Elementary's enrollment is 54% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 22% White, 16% Black, and 7% multiracial. In Rowan County overall, about 12% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Knollwood Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
Teachers at Knollwood Elementary total 31.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.8:1. The 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 582 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 99%.
allk12 grades Knollwood Elementary an F. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In North Carolina, Knollwood Elementary is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.0% compared with a predicted 48.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Rowan County show that median household income is about $65,725, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Knollwood Elementary is one of 35 public schools in Rowan County, which together enroll about 18,917 students.
The shortest distance from Knollwood Elementary to another public school is about 2.7 miles, to China Grove Middle. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Knollwood Elementary is 7th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 421 in 2020-21 and 585 in 2024-25, a rise of 164 students. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.6:1 in 2020-21 to 18.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Granite Quarry ElementaryElementary · 586 students
Other Knollwood Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Knollwood Elementary. Knollwood Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Knollwood Elementary SchoolPISCATAWAY, NJ · 460 students
- Knollwood Elementary SchoolLake Hiawatha, NJ · 394 students
- Knollwood Elementary SchoolSheffield Village, OH · 202 students
Nearby schools
- China Grove Middle2.7 mi · 572
- China Grove Elementary3.4 mi · 592
- South Rowan High3.6 mi · 932
- Southeast Middle3.7 mi · 628
- Carson High4.0 mi · 1,063
- Koontz Elementary4.5 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Knollwood ElementaryHow many students attend Knollwood Elementary?
Knollwood Elementary enrolls approximately 585 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Knollwood Elementary serve?
Knollwood Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Knollwood Elementary?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at Knollwood Elementary.
How diverse is Knollwood Elementary?
Knollwood Elementary reports a student body of 22% White, 54% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Knollwood Elementary?
Knollwood Elementary is overseen by Rowan-Salisbury Schools in Rowan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.