West Rowan Elementary

Set in Cleveland, North Carolina, West Rowan Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school, run under Rowan-Salisbury Schools. It educates 611 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 31% above typical.

Rowan-Salisbury Schools comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 17,683 students; West Rowan Elementary is among them.

On demographics, West Rowan Elementary shows that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 21% Hispanic, 11% Black, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Rowan County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, West Rowan Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, West Rowan Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Rowan County shows median household earnings sit near $65,725, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. West Rowan Elementary is one of 35 public schools in Rowan County (combined enrollment of about 18,917 students).

The closest other public school is West Rowan High, roughly 2.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, West Rowan Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

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