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Rutherford 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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
286 Icc Loop Road
Spindale, NC 28160
Phone
(828) 288-2202
District
RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS
County
RUTHERFORD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
192
Classroom Teachers
6

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)

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

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
90%
45%
86%
58%
94%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

40 30 20 10 0
32
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 55 28.6%
Grade 10 45 23.4%
Grade 11 46 24.0%
Grade 12 46 24.0%
Total 192 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 77.4% 75.3% 47.4%
Black 5.1% 12.6% 26.3%
Hispanic 14.1% 11.5% 20.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.4% 0.4% 4.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 98.4% 99.1% 48.0%
Free lunch eligible 98.4% 99.1% 46.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 1.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 64,592 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 114.2 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.0% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.8% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.1% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.6% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 21.5% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 25,925 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 8.9% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.5% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 19.3% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.5% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 9.2% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.6% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.1% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.4% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 19.6% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 13.6% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,531 $51,105,075 56.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $668 $5,227,100 5.7%
Staff $550 $4,303,750 4.7%
General Administration $118 $923,350 1.0%
School Administration $641 $5,015,825 5.5%
Operation $1,122 $8,779,650 9.6%
Transportation $408 $3,192,600 3.5%
Other $339 $2,652,675 2.9%
Total Support $3,847 $30,102,775 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,287 $10,070,775 11.0%
Total Expenditures $11,664 $91,270,800 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,324 $9,654,142,443 55.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $575 $877,144,823 5.0%
Staff $341 $521,212,282 3.0%
General Administration $170 $259,230,834 1.5%
School Administration $637 $973,125,983 5.6%
Operation $798 $1,218,189,435 7.0%
Transportation $402 $613,466,359 3.5%
Other $331 $505,953,708 2.9%
Total Support $3,255 $4,968,588,990 28.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,818 $2,774,971,990 16.0%
Total Expenditures $11,397 $17,397,660,278 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%