Jackson Co Early College

Set in Sylva, North Carolina, Jackson Co Early College is a rural-scale 9-12 campus, operated by Jackson County Public Schools. It caters to 113 students across grades 9 through 13. Compared to the state average of about 761 students per school, that is 85% smaller than typical.

Within Jackson County Public Schools, which oversees 9 schools and 3,444 students, Jackson Co Early College is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Jackson Co Early College lists that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Native American, 4% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the resource side, On paper, Jackson Co Early College has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 47.1:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jackson Co Early College performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 60.4%, a residual of +11.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Jackson County shows the typical household earns roughly $55,815 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,823 students), Jackson Co Early College is one campus in the mix.

Smoky Mountain High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jackson Co Early College comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jackson Co Early College has shrank 14%, going from 132 students in 2018 to 113 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 33.0:1 in 2018 to 47.1:1 in 2025.

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