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Website. www.rssed.org. The Rowan-Salisbury School System (also called Rowan-Salisbury Schools or for short RSS) is a PK – 12 graded school district in North Carolina covering nearly all of Rowan County including the city of Salisbury. The second largest employer in the county, the system's 35 schools serve 20,000 students as of 2013–2014.
North Rowan High School. North Rowan High School entrance. Address. 300 North Whitehead Avenue. Spencer, North Carolina. 28159. United States. Coordinates. 35°41′50″N 80°25′47″W / 35.6973°N 80.4297°W / 35.6973; -80.4297.
Rowan County (/ r oʊ ˈ æ n / roh-AN) [1] [2] is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina that was formed in 1753, as part of the British Province of North Carolina.It was originally a vast territory with unlimited western boundaries, but its size was reduced to 524 square miles (1,360 km 2) after several counties were formed from Rowan County in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The school offers 16 AP courses during the 2011–2012 school year. Salisbury High also has the highest average SAT score in the school system, with a score of 1480. [8] The high school was rated a School of Distinction for the 2009–10 school year on the North Carolina State Board of Education's yearly School Report Cards. [9]
South Rowan High School opened in 1961. In 2006, the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education made headlines when students at South Rowan started up a gay–straight alliance . In response to public complaint, led by Flip Benham of Operation Save America from neighboring Cabarrus county, [ 3 ] the board adopted a policy banning "Sex-based student ...
The Rowan–Salisbury School System was formed in 1989 after the merger of the Rowan County Schools and the Salisbury City Schools. [46] Most notable is Salisbury High School. There are two charter school in Rowan County, Essie Mae Kiser Foxx Charter School, in East Spencer and Faith Academy Charter School in Faith North Carolina. [47]
R.A. Clement School is a historic school located at Cleveland, Rowan County, North Carolina . The H-shaped brick building was built in 1929 as a Rosenwald school. Rufus Alexander Clement, born a slave in 1847, helped to get the school built along with his wife Emma. Four teachers taught African-American students [2] in eleven grades.
East Rowan is a 3A school in the South Piedmont Conference. [7] The school's mascot is the Mustangs, wearing the school colors of red and blue. [8] The East Rowan baseball team has had many successful years, winning two state 3A championships (1995, 2010), and being runner up in 2008. [9]