Rowan-Salisbury Schools
Rowan County, North Carolina · Grades PK-12
- Address
- 500 North Main Street, Salisbury, NC 28144
Open in Maps → - Phone
- (704) 636-7500
- NCES agency ID
- 3704050
- State LEA ID
- NC-800
Enrollment and school counts are the state’s 2024-2025figures where reported, otherwise the federal NCES directory.
School calendar
Term dates, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays for Rowan-Salisbury Schools, as the district publishes them — with printable PDFs and calendar files you can subscribe to.
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2024-2025Official accountability results published by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. School Performance Grades combine achievement (80%) with academic growth (20%).
Schools by type
| School type | Schools | Average students |
|---|---|---|
| Elementary | 17 | 459 |
| High | 7 | 771 |
| Middle | 6 | 636 |
| K-12 | 1 | 330 |
| 6-12 | 1 | 87 |
| All schools | 32 | -- |
School performance grades
| Grade | Schools | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 3.2% |
| B | 3 | 9.7% |
| C | 8 | 25.8% |
| D | 11 | 35.5% |
| F | 8 | 25.8% |
| All graded schools | 31 | 100.0% |
School growth status
| Growth | Schools | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Exceeded | 6 | 19.4% |
| Met | 6 | 19.4% |
| Not Met | 19 | 61.3% |
Student performance by subject
| Subject | Grade-level proficient | Career & college ready |
|---|---|---|
| English II | 44.7% | 19.9% |
| Science (grades 5 & 8) | 43% | 22.4% |
| NC Math 3 | 41% | 22.1% |
| Mathematics (grades 3–8) | 36.6% | 20% |
| Reading (grades 3–8) | 36.1% | 17.7% |
| Biology | 30.2% | 17.5% |
| NC Math 1 | 20.5% | 6% |
Grade-level proficient is achievement levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.
Outcomes
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| 4-year cohort graduation rate | 88.1% |
| ACT WorkKeys credential earned | 49.8% |
| Students completing Math III | 95% |
| Passed end-of-grade assessments | 31.1% |
| Students promoted to the next grade | 65.6% |
| Students retained in grade | 34.4% |
| English learners making progress (of 1,777) | 29.6% |
| Schools identified as low-performing | 18 of 31 |
Download the report card
The Rowan-Salisbury Schools report card as a two-page interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.
Student Demographics
Gender Distribution
Total Students: 17,683Student counts for Rowan-Salisbury Schools, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 17,683 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.
Students
Student Population
Students Counted: 18,427Student indicators for Rowan-Salisbury Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 18,427 students DPI counted, added up from the district’s own schools. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.
Teachers
Licensing & Certification
Total Teachers: 778.2 FTETeacher figures for Rowan-Salisbury Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount, added up from the district’s own schools. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 778.2 FTE.
Rowan-Salisbury Schools boundary map
32 campusesLoading the map…
Click any campus for its details. District boundary from the Census school district geography published by NCES; campus locations from the NCES Common Core of Data.
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Schools in Rowan-Salisbury Schools
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Directory figures are from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025.Methodology →