Stokes Early College High School

Stokes Early College High School operates as a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in Walnut Cove, North Carolina, run under Stokes County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 159 students spanning grades 9 through 13. Enrollment runs roughly 79% below the state mean of about 761.

Within Stokes County Schools, which oversees 19 schools and 5,758 students, Stokes Early College High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Stokes Early College High School reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Stokes County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Stokes County runs at roughly 82%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Stokes Early College High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.9%, the actual is 71.1%, a residual of +4.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Stokes County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,969 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Stokes County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,758 students), of which Stokes Early College High School is one.

Walnut Cove Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.9 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stokes Early College High School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 43.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Stokes Early College High School's enrollment has declined 11% since 2018, when it stood at 179 (now 159). Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

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