📍 465 Choate Rd, Salisbury, Rowan County, 28146
Dole Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Salisbury, Rowan County. The school has 414 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rowan-Salisbury Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dole Elementary enrolls 414 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% Black or African American, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 26% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 144 | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 109 | 26% |
| White | 108 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 46 | 11% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
403 of the school's 414 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 403 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.
Dole Elementary 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.
Dole Elementary 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 414 students, Dole Elementary 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