County / FIPS 37159
Rowan County
North Carolina
Rowan County runs 35 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 2 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
35
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
2
Land area
512
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Rowan County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$1.1B
Per resident
$7,449
Change since FY2021
+3%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $1B |
| 2022 | $965M |
| 2023 | $968M |
| 2024 | $987M |
| 2025 | $1B |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Rowan County ranks 494th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Rowan County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Novant Health Rowan Medical Center | Salisbury | |
| W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury Va Medical Center (Salsbury) | Salisbury |
Public schools in Rowan County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bostian Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | China Grove | 333 |
| Carson High | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | China Grove | 1,170 |
| China Grove Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | China Grove | 618 |
| China Grove Middle | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | China Grove | 524 |
| Corriher Lipe Middle | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Landis | 476 |
| Dole Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 414 |
| East Rowan High | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 1,032 |
| Erwin Middle | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 759 |
| Granite Quarry Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Granite Quarry | 560 |
| Hurley Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 518 |
| Isenberg Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 464 |
| Knollwood Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 565 |
| Knox Middle | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 514 |
| Koontz Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 515 |
| Landis Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Landis | 589 |
| Millbridge Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | China Grove | 566 |
| Morgan Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Gold Hill | 281 |
| Mt Ulla Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Mount Ulla | 264 |
| North Kannapolis Elementary | Kannapolis City Schools | Kannapolis | 269 |
| North Rowan Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Spencer | 426 |
| North Rowan High | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Spencer | 589 |
| North Rowan Middle | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Spencer | 440 |
| Overton Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 311 |
| Rockwell Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Rockwell | 519 |
| Rowan Co Early College | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 236 |
| Salisbury High | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 959 |
| Shive Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Rockwell | 480 |
| South Rowan High | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | China Grove | 952 |
| Southeast Middle | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 559 |
| Summit Virtual Academy | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 227 |
| West Rowan Elementary | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Cleveland | 570 |
| West Rowan High | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Mount Ulla | 1,113 |
| West Rowan Middle | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 648 |
| Faith Academy Charter School | Faith Academy | Faith | 601 |
| Henderson High | Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Salisbury | 34 |