Alexander Early College

Alexander Early College is one of the rural-scale four-year high schools in Taylorsville, North Carolina, run under Alexander County Schools, with 172 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 77% leaner than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

Alexander Early College is one of 11 schools operated by Alexander County Schools, a district that serves 4,344 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Alexander Early College logs that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 20% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Alexander Early College logs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 28.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alexander Early College ranks in the top 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 48.8%; Alexander Early College posts 76.7%, +27.9 points above that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Alexander County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,354 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Alexander Early College is one of 12 public schools in Alexander County (combined enrollment of about 4,344 students).

Alexander Central High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Alexander Early College. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alexander Early College ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 53.3%.

Alexander Early College operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Alexander Early College's enrollment has climbed 15% since 2018, when it stood at 150 (now 172). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 28.7:1 today.

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