Person Early College Innovation & Ldrshp

Person Early College Innovation & Ldrshp, a micro-enrollment four-year high school in Roxboro, North Carolina, run under Person County Schools, educates 142 students, covering grades 9 through 13. Enrollment runs roughly 81% below the state mean of about 761.

Person County Schools runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 4,497 students. Person Early College Innovation & Ldrshp is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Person Early College Innovation & Ldrshp reports that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest is composed of 20% Black, 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Person County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 71.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Person Early College Innovation & Ldrshp higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 98% of students at Person Early College Innovation & Ldrshp qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Person Early College Innovation & Ldrshp tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Person County put the typical household earns roughly $63,300 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Person County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,659 students), of which Person Early College Innovation & Ldrshp is one.

Northern Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Person Early College Innovation & Ldrshp. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Person Early College Innovation & Ldrshp at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 45.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Person Early College Innovation & Ldrshp has increased 46%, going from 97 students in 2018 to 142 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 9% to 17% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 71.4:1 in 2025.

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