📍 1105 Kelly Drive, Sanford, Lee County, 27330
Lee Early College is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Sanford, Lee County. The school has 272 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lee County Schools school district. It serves grades 9–13 in a small-town setting. The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.7:1. 95% of students are proficient in reading. 95% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses, dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lee Early College enrolls 272 students across grades 9–13. The student body is 43% male and 57% female. A teaching staff of 12 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Hispanic or Latino, 33% White and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 122 | 45% |
| White | 90 | 33% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 7% |
| Asian | 11 | 4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
119 of the school's 272 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 110 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lee Early College is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 12, state house district 51.
Lee Early College is one of 16 schools in Lee County Schools, based in Sanford, North Carolina. The district serves 9,168 students district-wide and employs 653 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 272 students, Lee Early College is smaller than the district average of about 573 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant