📍 170 St Luke's Church Rd, Salisbury, Rowan County, 28146
Erwin Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Salisbury, Rowan County. The school has 759 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rowan-Salisbury Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Erwin Middle enrolls 759 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 48 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 9.9% Hispanic or Latino and 9.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 555 | 73% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 75 | 9.9% |
| Black or African American | 75 | 9.9% |
| Two or more races | 48 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
423 of the school's 759 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 423 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Erwin Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-60, state senate district 33, state house district 76.
Erwin Middle is one of 33 schools in Rowan-Salisbury Schools, based in Salisbury, North Carolina. The district serves 17,683 students district-wide and employs 1,129 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 759 students, Erwin Middle is larger than the district average of about 536 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe