📍 655 Holshouser Rd, Rockwell, Rowan County, 28138
Shive Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rockwell, Rowan County. The school has 480 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 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Shive Elementary enrolls 480 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% White, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 372 | 78% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 66 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 4.6% |
| Black or African American | 19 | 4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
303 of the school's 480 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 303 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.
Shive 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.
Shive 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 480 students, Shive Elementary is close to the district average of about 536 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe