📍 685 East Ritchie Rd, Salisbury, Rowan County, 28146
Koontz Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Salisbury, Rowan County. The school has 515 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 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Koontz Elementary enrolls 515 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Black or African American, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 13% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 250 | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 148 | 29% |
| White | 66 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 47 | 9.1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
486 of the school's 515 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 486 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.
Koontz 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.
Koontz 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 515 students, Koontz 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