Wilson Early College Academy

Set in Wilson, North Carolina, Wilson Early College Academy is an one-room-style four-year high school, part of Wilson County Schools. It hosts 268 students across grades 9 through 13. That puts it 65% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

Wilson Early College Academy is one of 25 schools operated by Wilson County Schools, a district that serves 10,451 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Wilson Early College Academy shows that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 33% Black, 23% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wilson County runs at roughly 96%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Wilson County reports that median household income runs about $56,423, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Wilson County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,482 students), of which Wilson Early College Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sallie B Howard School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilson Early College Academy has decreased 13%, going from 307 students in 2018 to 268 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 17% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.