AdVance Academy

AdVance Academy, a rural-scale four-year high school in Henderson, North Carolina, run under Vance County Schools, serves 112 students, covering grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 761 students per school, that is 85% leaner than typical.

AdVance Academy is one of 16 schools operated by Vance County Schools, a district that educates 5,205 students overall.

On demographics, AdVance Academy records that 83% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 47% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting AdVance Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at AdVance Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Vance County indicate the typical household earns roughly $50,465 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Vance County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,495 students), AdVance Academy is one campus in the mix.

STEM Early High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. AdVance Academy's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 133 (now 112). White enrollment moved from 10% to 5% across the same window.

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