Regular local school district · Rowan County
Rowan-Salisbury Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Rowan-Salisbury Schools runs 32 public schools with 17,683 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.3 students per teacher is 1.0 higher than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 32
- Students
- 17,683
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,020
- Students per teacher
- 17.3
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 500 North Main Street, Salisbury, NC 28144
- Phone
- (704)636-7500
- County
- Rowan County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3704050
- State district ID
- NC-800
- School counselors (FTE)
- 48.0About 368 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district17.3
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (18,205), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $220.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $30.5 million
- State revenue
- $130.2 million
- Local revenue
- $60.0 million
- Total spending
- $220.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,091
- Salaries
- $116.0 million52.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $37.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.8%
- State: 59.0%
- Local: 27.2%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,091
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Rowan-Salisbury Schools
By level: 8 high, 6 middle, 17 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bostian Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 342 | 16.3 |
| Carson High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,063 | 23.1 |
| China Grove Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 592 | 19.1 |
| China Grove Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 572 | 19.1 |
| Corriher Lipe Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 457 | 18.3 |
| Dole Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 388 | 16.2 |
| East Rowan High | High | 9 to 12 | 986 | 20.1 |
| Erwin Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 763 | 17.3 |
| Granite Quarry Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 586 | 20.2 |
| Henderson High | High | 6 to 12 | 71 | 11.8 |
| Hurley Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 466 | 15.0 |
| Isenberg Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 509 | 15.4 |
| Knollwood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 585 | 18.9 |
| Koontz Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 554 | 15.0 |
| Landis Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 613 | 19.2 |
| Millbridge Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 547 | 15.6 |
| Morgan Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 275 | 15.3 |
| Mt Ulla Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 281 | 16.5 |
| North Rowan Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 405 | 15.6 |
| North Rowan High | High | 9 to 12 | 555 | 20.6 |
| North Rowan Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 649 | 15.5 |
| Overton Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 237 | 15.8 |
| Rockwell Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 502 | 17.3 |
| Rowan Co Early College | High | 9 to 12 | 235 | 33.6 |
| Salisbury High | High | 9 to 12 | 930 | 19.8 |
| Shive Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 413 | 14.8 |
| South Rowan High | High | 9 to 12 | 932 | 21.7 |
| Southeast Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 628 | 18.5 |
| Summit Virtual Academy | Other | K to 12 | 241 | 18.5 |
| West Rowan Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 611 | 15.3 |
| West Rowan High | High | 9 to 12 | 988 | 22.0 |
| West Rowan Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 707 | 18.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Rowan County
- Faith Academy 938 students
More in North Carolina
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.