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Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 465 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROWAN-SALISBURY SCHOOLS·NCES 370405002850
Koontz Elementary
685 East Ritchie Rd, Salisbury, NC 28146 · (704) 216-0273 · Rowan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% 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
14.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
514 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
64%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
13.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
13.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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
13.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-37.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% 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 Koontz Elementary
Koontz Elementary's state test result (13.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koontz Elementary this school | 554 | 92.8% | 13.3% |
| Eastern Wayne Elementary Goldsboro | 597 | 96.1% | 40.9% |
| Woodhill Elementary Gastonia | 577 | 99.5% | 25.0% |
| Sumner Elementary Greensboro | 549 | 99.5% | 44.0% |
| Sandy Ridge Elementary Durham | 589 | 99.5% | 45.6% |
| West Oxford Elementary Oxford | 520 | 97.5% | 37.8% |
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 Koontz Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Rowan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #1,297 of 1,297 | #18 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #1,294 of 1,296 | #17 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #1,298 of 1,300 | #18 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #455 of 1,485 | #6 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #674 of 1,377 | #3 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #522 of 1,379 | #9 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #1,075 of 1,414 | #17 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.4% | #164 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
554
+260 (+88%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 584
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 554 | 37.6 | 14.7:1 | 93% (514) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 36.3 | 15.7:1 | 98% (559) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 37.2 | 13.8:1 | 94% (486) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 32 | 9.2:1 | 99% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 27.5 | 17.9:1 | 99% (490) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 97% (534) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 88% (514) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Koontz Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (493 to 554); teachers up 37% (27.5 to 37.6).
About Koontz Elementary
Families in Salisbury, North Carolina, are served by Koontz Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 554 students.
Koontz Elementary is among 32 schools run by Rowan-Salisbury Schools, which serves 17,683 students.
Black students make up a majority at Koontz Elementary, at 50%. After that, the student body is 30% Hispanic, 12% White, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Rowan County is about 16% Black. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 14.7 students per teacher and 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 96% average for public schools in Rowan County.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Koontz Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Koontz Elementary are 37.2 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.3%, compared with a predicted 50.5%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Rowan County show that the median household income is $65,725, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Besides Koontz Elementary, Rowan County has 34 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Rowan Co Early College, at about 1.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Koontz Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 294 in 2020-21 and 554 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.7:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- Rowan Co Early College1.3 mi · 235
- Southeast Middle1.4 mi · 628
- Salisbury High2.8 mi · 930
- Granite Quarry Elementary2.9 mi · 586
- Faith Academy Charter School2.9 mi · 938
- Henderson High4.2 mi · 71
Frequently asked questions
About Koontz ElementaryHow many students attend Koontz Elementary?
Koontz Elementary enrolls approximately 554 students in grades PK-05.
Is Koontz Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Koontz Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Koontz Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Koontz Elementary is approximately 14.7:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Koontz Elementary?
Koontz Elementary reports a student body of 12% White, 30% Hispanic, 50% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Koontz Elementary public or private?
Koontz Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rowan-Salisbury Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.