Crossroads Arts and Science Early Colleg

Set in Statesville, North Carolina, Crossroads Arts and Science Early Colleg is a minimally staffed high school, one of the schools within Iredell-Statesville Schools. It works with 225 students across grades 9 through 13. That puts it 70% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

Within Iredell-Statesville Schools, which oversees 38 schools and 21,017 students, Crossroads Arts and Science Early Colleg is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Crossroads Arts and Science Early Colleg logs that 58% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 12% Black, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, Crossroads Arts and Science Early Colleg shows 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Iredell County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Iredell County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,419, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Crossroads Arts and Science Early Colleg is one of 52 public schools in Iredell County (combined enrollment of about 31,906 students).

Nearest neighbor: Statesville High, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Crossroads Arts and Science Early Colleg operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 268 students in 2018 compared to 225 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 20% to 12% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 25.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.