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Enrollment
930
High
DISTRICT 720 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROWAN-SALISBURY SCHOOLS·NCES 370405002253
Salisbury High
500 Lincolnton Rd, Salisbury, NC 28144 · (704) 636-1221 · Rowan County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL930 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of North Carolina public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
927 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 254 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 259 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 223 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 194 | 21% |
Student demographics
67%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
35.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
16.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 Salisbury High
Salisbury High's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury High this school | 930 | 99.7% | 26.4% |
| Hunter Huss High Gastonia | 1,165 | 99.7% | 24.5% |
| Statesville High Statesville | 991 | 99.7% | 24.8% |
| North Pitt High Bethel | 854 | 99.6% | 35.0% |
| Beddingfield High Wilson | 653 | 99.5% | 35.6% |
| Ashbrook High Gastonia | 1,386 | 99.8% | 30.6% |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Salisbury High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Rowan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #424 of 468 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #421 of 464 | #4 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #407 of 448 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 930 | #209 of 598 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #286 of 473 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #137 of 474 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #70 of 527 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.5% | #68 of 164 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
930
+55 (+6%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 677
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 930 | 47.5 | 19.6:1 | 100% (927) |
| 2023-24 | 1,014 | 53.8 | 18.8:1 | 99% (1,008) |
| 2022-23 | 959 | 53.7 | 17.9:1 | 65% (628) |
| 2020-21 | 875 | 57 | 15.3:1 | 47% (409) |
| 2017-18 | 842 | 61.2 | 13.8:1 | 65% (546) |
| 2015-16 | 855 | 59 | 14.5:1 | 61% (521) |
| 2010-11 | 899 | 64 | 14.1:1 | 61% (547) |
| 2000-01 | 754 | 68 | 11.1:1 | 47% (352) |
| 1990-91 | 677 | 56 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salisbury High.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (842 to 930); teachers down 22% (61.2 to 47.5).
About Salisbury High
Salisbury High is a mid-sized high school based in Salisbury, North Carolina. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 930 students. High schools in North Carolina average about 761 students, which makes this school 22% bigger than average.
Salisbury High belongs to Rowan-Salisbury Schools, a district of 32 schools and 17,683 students.
The largest group at Salisbury High is Black students, at 43%. The school is also 34% Hispanic, 15% White, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 16% Black share among all Rowan County residents. The diversity index for Salisbury High is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.6:1. The average ratio among high schools in North Carolina is similar, at 19.6:1. Roughly 100% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Salisbury High lands at D, ahead of 9% of North Carolina public high schools.
Salisbury High is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.4%. The school's actual rate is 26.4%, 22.0 points lower.
In the surrounding county, Rowan County, median household income comes to about $65,725, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. The county's public schools total 35, with about 18,917 students.
Summit Virtual Academy, about 1.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Salisbury High ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Salisbury High has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Salisbury High had a net gain of 55 students, or 6%. By 2024-25, the school had 19.6 students per teacher, compared with 15.3 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Erwin MiddleMiddle · 763 students
- West Rowan MiddleMiddle · 707 students
Other schools in Salisbury
- East Rowan HighHigh · 986 students
- Erwin MiddleMiddle · 763 students
- West Rowan MiddleMiddle · 707 students
- Southeast MiddleMiddle · 628 students
- Granite Quarry ElementaryElementary · 586 students
- Knollwood ElementaryElementary · 585 students
Other Salisbury High schools
One other US public school is named Salisbury High. Salisbury High is the largest of the 2.
- SALISBURY HIGHSALISBURY, MO · 242 students
Nearby schools
- Summit Virtual Academy1.5 mi · 241
- Henderson High1.8 mi · 71
- Overton Elementary1.8 mi · 237
- Rowan Co Early College1.9 mi · 235
- Isenberg Elementary2.8 mi · 509
- Koontz Elementary2.8 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Salisbury HighWhat is the total enrollment at Salisbury High?
Salisbury High enrolls approximately 930 students in grades 09-12.
Is Salisbury High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Salisbury High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Salisbury High have?
Salisbury High employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Salisbury High?
Student demographics at Salisbury High are roughly 15% White, 34% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Salisbury High in?
Salisbury High is part of Rowan-Salisbury Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.