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Tri-County Early College High 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
4650 E Us 64 Alt.
Murphy, NC 28906
Phone
(828) 835-4318
District
Cherokee County Schools
County
CHEROKEE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
129
Classroom Teachers
8

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

10

(10 is best)

Better than 94.2% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Tri-County Early College High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
89%
47%
96%
58%
81%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
13
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 36 27.9%
Grade 10 31 24.0%
Grade 11 33 25.6%
Grade 12 26 20.2%
Total 129 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 76.0% 88.4% 46.6%
Black 0.0% 2.2% 26.2%
Hispanic 21.6% 7.8% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.6% 0.7% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 0.9% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 62.0% 80.5% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 59.7% 78.8% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.3% 1.7% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 28,868 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 63.4 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.7% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 14.0% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 22.8% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.8% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 30.7% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 12,758 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 4.6% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.2% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.6% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.1% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.3% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.4% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.1% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 22.3% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.5% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 11.2% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,258 $22,835,000 58.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $849 $2,670,000 6.8%
Staff $466 $1,465,000 3.8%
General Administration $97 $305,000 0.8%
School Administration $816 $2,566,000 6.6%
Operation $1,306 $4,108,000 10.5%
Transportation $344 $1,082,000 2.8%
Other $439 $1,382,000 3.5%
Total Support $4,316 $13,578,000 34.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $823 $2,589,000 6.6%
Total Expenditures $12,397 $39,002,000 100.0%
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%