East Rowan High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Salisbury, North Carolina
East Rowan High in Salisbury, North Carolina enrolled 986 students in 2024-25 with 49.1 full-time teachers, 20.1 students per teacher against the North Carolina high-school median of 18.4. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 86% (North Carolina: 86.5%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 4% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 16%
1,032 students in 2022-23, 1,072 students in 2023-24, 986 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 58.7 to 49.1.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,032 | 58.7 | 17.6 |
| 2023-24 | 1,072 | 58.3 | 18.4 |
| 2024-25 | 986 | 49.1 | 20.1 |
20.1 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 63 of every 100 North Carolina high schools
Among the 588 North Carolina high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 18.4; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
11 AP courses and one counselor per 244 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection East Rowan High enrolled 975 students and had 4.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 101 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses11
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)4.0, one per 244 of the 975 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions101
- Chronically absent35.3% (2022-23)
Who attends
71.3% of students were White, 12.3% Black, 9.8% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White71.3%
- Black12.3%
- Hispanic9.8%
- Two or more races6.2%
- Asian0.4%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
86% of the 235 students in East Rowan High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.5% across North Carolina. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | North Carolina | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 86% | 88% | 86.5% |
| Students in the class | 235 | 1,511 | 120,822 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Salisbury
4 public high schools in Salisbury report 2024-25 enrollment; East Rowan High is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Rowan High | 986 | 20.1 | 98.4% |
| Salisbury High | 930 | 19.6 | 99.7% |
| Rowan Co Early College | 235 | 33.0 | 98.7% |
| Henderson High | 71 | 10.2 | 95.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about East Rowan High
- Rowan Co Early CollegeThe nearest public high school, 4.4 miles away: 235 students, 33.0 per teacher (2024-25).4.4 mi
- Salisbury HighThe next nearest public high school, 6.0 miles away: 930 students, 19.6 per teacher (2024-25).6.0 mi
- Compare East Rowan High with Rowan Co Early CollegeStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Rowan-Salisbury School System spends per student$12,141 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,141
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaEast Rowan High is the number 194 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#194 of 601
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher20.1 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.20.1:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about East Rowan High
How many students attend East Rowan High?
986 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,032 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Salisbury, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at East Rowan High?
20.1 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for high schools is 18.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is East Rowan High a Title I school?
East Rowan High was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).What is the graduation rate at East Rowan High?
86% of the 235 students in East Rowan High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.5% across North Carolina. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is East Rowan High in?
Rowan-Salisbury School System, NCES district ID 3704050. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370405001616 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.