Johnston Co Early College Academy

Johnston Co Early College Academy, a very small four-year high school in Smithfield, North Carolina, one of the schools within Johnston County Public Schools, hosts 251 students, covering grades 9 through 13. Enrollment runs roughly 67% leaner than the state mean of about 761.

Johnston County Public Schools runs 48 schools in total, collectively educating 37,320 students. Johnston Co Early College Academy is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Johnston Co Early College Academy reports that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Johnston Co Early College Academy has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 35.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Johnston County put the typical household earns roughly $83,384 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Johnston County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,004 students), Johnston Co Early College Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Johnston County Schools Career Technical, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Johnston Co Early College Academy.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 8%: 232 students in 2018 compared to 251 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 41% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 35.0:1 today.

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