Type Public NCES School ID 370405001616 Teaching staff 70.40 (FTE) Phone +1 704-279-5232 Founded 1959 | Established 1959 Principal Julia Erdie Enrollment 1,110 Mascot Mustangs | |
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Address 175 St Lukes Church Rd, Salisbury, NC 28146, USA District Rowan-Salisbury School System Similar North Rowan High Sch, South Rowan High Sch, Jesse C Carson High Sch, Salisbury High School, West Rowan High Sch Profiles | ||
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East Rowan High School is a public, co-educational secondary school located in Granite Quarry, North Carolina. It is one of eight high schools in the Rowan-Salisbury School System.
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History
East Rowan High School was formed in 1959 from the consolidation of Rockwell High School and Granite Quarry High School.
School information
For the 2010–2011 school year, East Rowan High School had a total population of 1,110 students and 70.40 teachers on a (FTE) basis. For the student population, the gender ratio was 51.08% male to 48.92% female. The demographic group makeup of the student population was: White, 88.47%; Black, 6.22%; Hispanic, 2.79%; American Indian, 0.45%; and Asian/Pacific Islander, 0.81% (two or more races was 1.26%). For the same school year, 39.37% of the students received free and reduced-cost lunches.
Graduations are generally held at Catawba College's Keppel Auditorium.
Academics
East Rowan High School was rated a School of Distinction for the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 school years on the North Carolina State Board of Education's yearly School Report Cards.
Athletics
East Rowan is a 3A school in the South Piedmont Conference. The school's mascot is the Mustangs, wearing the school colors of red and blue.
The East Rowan baseball team has had many successful years, winning two state 3A championships (1995, 2010) and being runner up in 2008.
Marching band competition
The school hosts the Mustang Classic, formerly known as the East Rowan-Food Lion Classic, a marching band competition inviting schools from around the North Carolina Piedmont. The event has been held annually, in October, since 1995.