📍 512 Charles St, Spencer, Rowan County, 28159
North Rowan Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Spencer, Rowan County. The school has 440 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rowan-Salisbury Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
North Rowan Middle enrolls 440 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% Black or African American, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 23% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 173 | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 119 | 27% |
| White | 102 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 8.2% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
391 of the school's 440 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 391 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.
North Rowan 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.
North Rowan 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 440 students, North Rowan Middle is smaller than the district average of about 536 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe