Madison Early College High

Madison Early College High is a high school of very small scale in Marshall, North Carolina, overseen by Madison County Schools, educateing 270 students in grades 9 through 13. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Madison Early College High sits 65% below that benchmark.

Madison County Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,063 students; Madison Early College High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Madison Early College High records that nearly all students (86%) are White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Madison Early College High has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 27.0:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Madison Early College High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Madison Early College High is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 76.7%, a residual of +28.0 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Madison County shows median household earnings sit near $58,531, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Madison County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,063 students), Madison Early College High is one campus in the mix.

Madison High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Madison Early College High. On composite proficiency, Madison Early College High comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 56.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Madison Early College High has climbed 12%, going from 241 students in 2018 to 270 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 95% to 86% over that span.

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