Landis Elementary

Landis Elementary is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in Landis, North Carolina, operated by Rowan-Salisbury Schools, educateing 613 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Landis Elementary sits 31% above that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, Landis Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Rowan County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Landis Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Landis Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Rowan County) logs that median household income runs about $65,725, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Rowan County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,917 students), of which Landis Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Corriher Lipe Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Landis Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.8%.

Landis Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Landis Elementary has edged up 17%, going from 524 students in 2018 to 613 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 56% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

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