Henderson County Early College

Set in Flat Rock, North Carolina, Henderson County Early College is a micro-enrollment four-year high school, operated by Henderson County Schools. It serves 197 students across grades 9 through 13. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Henderson County Early College sits 74% leaner than that benchmark.

Henderson County Early College is one of 23 schools operated by Henderson County Schools, a district that teaches 12,619 students overall.

Demographically, Henderson County Early College reports that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest looks like 33% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Henderson County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 31.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Henderson County Early College higher than the state norm the norm. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Henderson County's rate of about 63%.

In the area at large, Henderson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,187 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Henderson County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,572 students), Henderson County Early College is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Henderson County Career Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Henderson County Early College.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Henderson County Early College's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 202 (now 197). White enrollment moved from 65% to 57% across the same window.

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