📍 500 Lincolnton Rd, Salisbury, Rowan County, 28144
Salisbury High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Salisbury, Rowan County. The school has 959 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rowan-Salisbury Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 53.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 86%. The school offers 6 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Salisbury High enrolls 959 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 53.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Black or African American, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 14% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 423 | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 325 | 34% |
| White | 138 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 56 | 5.8% |
| Asian | 14 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
628 of the school's 959 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 628 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.
Salisbury High is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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.
Salisbury High 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 959 students, Salisbury High is larger than the district average of about 536 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large