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Lee Early College School

Serves grades 9 - 13

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1105 Kelly Drive
Sanford, NC 27330
Phone
(919) 888-4502
District
Lee County Schools
County
LEE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
272
Classroom Teachers
12

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

10

(10 is best)

Better than 98.9% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Lee Early College School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
95%
47%
93%
58%
96%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
23
14
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 65 23.9%
Grade 10 61 22.4%
Grade 11 57 21.0%
Grade 12 66 24.3%
Total 272 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 35.6% 35.3% 46.6%
Black 11.9% 20.5% 26.2%
Hispanic 48.2% 43.2% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.3% 0.6% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.4% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 43.8% 67.3% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 40.4% 62.5% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.3% 4.8% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 63,560 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 249.2 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.8% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.7% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.6% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 16.8% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 24,050 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 11.8% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.1% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 21.0% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.4% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.5% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.7% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 22.1% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.3% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.0% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 9.9% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,784 $62,026,000 62.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $603 $5,511,000 5.5%
Staff $436 $3,989,000 4.0%
General Administration $109 $1,001,000 1.0%
School Administration $648 $5,927,000 6.0%
Operation $823 $7,526,000 7.6%
Transportation $195 $1,784,000 1.8%
Other $324 $2,959,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,139 $28,697,000 28.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $945 $8,636,000 8.7%
Total Expenditures $10,867 $99,359,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,564 $10,129,255,000 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $960,884,000 5.4%
Staff $394 $608,502,000 3.4%
General Administration $179 $276,069,000 1.5%
School Administration $651 $1,005,083,000 5.6%
Operation $803 $1,239,070,000 6.9%
Transportation $337 $520,307,000 2.9%
Other $350 $540,157,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,338 $5,150,072,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,737 $2,680,931,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $11,639 $17,960,258,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%