Vance Co Early College

Vance Co Early College is a four-year high school of rural-scale scale in Henderson, North Carolina, part of Vance County Schools, educateing 236 students in grades 9 through 13. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Vance Co Early College sits 69% below that benchmark.

Vance County Schools runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 5,205 students. Vance Co Early College is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Vance Co Early College logs that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 32% Hispanic, 11% White, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, Vance Co Early College shows 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 35.3:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Vance Co Early College qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Vance Co Early College sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.7%; actual is 88.4%, +39.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Vance County put median household earnings sit near $50,465, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Vance County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,495 students), Vance Co Early College is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dabney Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vance Co Early College. On composite proficiency, Vance Co Early College comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

Vance Co Early College operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Vance Co Early College's enrollment has ticked up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 216 (now 236). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 35% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 28.8:1 in 2018 to 35.3:1 today.

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