High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

North Rowan High, Spencer, NC

North Rowan High is a public high school in Spencer, part of Rowan-Salisbury Schools. It enrolled 555 students in 2024-25, with 20.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 555
Teachers (FTE): 27.0
Students per teacher: 20.6
Grades: 9 to 12

This school's ratio is 3.3 higher than the district figure of 17.3. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school20.6

District17.3

North Carolina16.3

United States15.3

School details

Address: 300 North Whitehead Ave, Spencer, NC 28159
Phone: (704)636-4420
District: Rowan-Salisbury Schools
County: Rowan County
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 370405001625

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free or reduced-price lunch: 30.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Rowan-Salisbury Schools

Carson High 1,063 students
West Rowan High 988 students
East Rowan High 986 students
South Rowan High 932 students
Salisbury High 930 students
Rowan Co Early College 235 students
Henderson High 71 students

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.