📍 219 Charles Street, Henderson, Vance County, 27536
AdVance Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Henderson, Vance County. The school has 208 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Vance County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 7.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 27.8:1. The four-year graduation rate is 87%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
AdVance Academy enrolls 208 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 60% male and 40% female. A teaching staff of 7.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 27.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% Black or African American, 10% Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 171 | 82% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 10% |
| White | 10 | 4.8% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 2.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
205 of the school's 208 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 205 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
AdVance Academy 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-10, state senate district 3, state house district 32.
AdVance Academy is one of 16 schools in Vance County Schools, based in Henderson, North Carolina. The district serves 5,205 students district-wide and employs 320 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 208 students, AdVance Academy is smaller than the district average of about 325 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant