Enrollment
129
High
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLADEN COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370039003477
Bladen Early College
7418 NC Highway 41 West, Dublin, NC 28332 · (910) 876-6654 · Bladen County
GRADES 09–13HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL129 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of North Carolina public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
61.4:1
2 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 34.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
126 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 38 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 22 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 40 | 31% |
| Grade 12 | 28 | 22% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
65.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
68.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
129
-5 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
61.4:1
was 22.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 129 | 2.1 | 61.4:1 | 98% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 128 | 5.4 | 23.7:1 | 98% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 139 | 6.6 | 21.1:1 | 98% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 134 | 6 | 22.3:1 | 98% (131) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bladen Early College.
About Bladen Early College
Bladen Early College runs as a very small high school in Dublin, North Carolina. The school covers grades 9 through 13 and reported 129 students in 2024-25. The school is 83% below the average for high schools in North Carolina.
Bladen County Schools has 12 schools and 3,928 students, and Bladen Early College is one of those schools.
No group is above 50% at Bladen Early College; the largest is White, at 49%. Beyond that, enrollment is 37% Hispanic and 11% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bladen Early College scores 61%.
Bladen Early College lists 2.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 61.4 students per teacher. Across high schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 19.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 98% of the student body. Public schools in Bladen County average a similar 98%.
On the allk12 Grade, Bladen Early College lands at A, ahead of 85% of North Carolina public high schools.
Bladen Early College scores 23.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 72.1% actual versus 49.0% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Bladen County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $42,422, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 19%. The county has 15 public schools and about 4,756 students.
The closest school to Bladen Early College is West Bladen High, located about 0.7 miles away. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Bladen Early College ranks 1st of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 72.1% against a local average of 37.1%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 5 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 22.3:1 to 61.4:1 over the same years.
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Bladen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,566
Census ACS
Median income
$42,422
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,756 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bladen County Schools
- West Bladen HighHigh · 720 students
- East Bladen HighHigh · 525 students
- Elizabethtown PrimaryElementary · 483 students
- Tar Heel SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Bladenboro PrimaryElementary · 448 students
- Elizabethtown MiddleMiddle · 305 students
Nearby schools
- West Bladen High0.7 mi · 720
- Dublin Primary0.9 mi · 234
- Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy6.7 mi · 199
- Elizabethtown Middle7.0 mi · 305
- Tar Heel School7.2 mi · 449
- Elizabethtown Primary7.4 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About Bladen Early CollegeHow large is Bladen Early College?
Bladen Early College enrolls approximately 129 students in grades 09-13.
Is Bladen Early College an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bladen Early College is a high school covering grades 09-13.
How many teachers does Bladen Early College have?
Bladen Early College employs 2 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 61.4:1.
How diverse is Bladen Early College?
Bladen Early College reports a student body of 49% White, 37% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Bladen Early College?
Bladen Early College is overseen by Bladen County Schools in Bladen County.
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