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Person Early College Innovation & Leadership

Public Grades 9-12
246th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 641 North Carolina High Schools
Better than 62% of North Carolina high schools
Summary

Person Early College Innovation & Leadership is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Roxboro, North Carolina, with a total enrollment of 131 students. This school stands out as a high-performing institution within the Person County Schools district, which is ranked 106 out of 242 districts in the state.

Person Early College Innovation & Leadership consistently outperforms the district and state averages in end-of-course (EOC) exam proficiency rates across subjects like Biology, English II, Math I, and Math III. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school had a 74.3% proficiency rate in EOC English II, compared to 46.6% for the district and 59.6% for the state. The school also maintains high four-year graduation rates, ranging from 75% to 91.3% over the past few years, significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, the school performs well for male students and low socioeconomic status students, ranking 170 and 140 out of 601 and 606 North Carolina high schools, respectively, in 2024-2025.

While Person Early College Innovation & Leadership outperforms the nearby Person High School across various academic metrics, it is outperformed by the nearby Roxboro Community School, a public charter school, which has significantly higher proficiency rates in EOC and EOG exams. Interestingly, Person Early College Innovation & Leadership achieves this higher academic performance with a relatively low per-student spending of $6,717 in the 2018-2019 school year, compared to the nearby Bartlett Yancey High ($10,586) and Person High School ($10,129).

142
Students ?
71.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$6,717
Per pupil spending ?
97.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1715 College Dr
       Roxboro, NC  27573

(336) 322-2275

District: Person County Schools

Racial breakdown:

White:
56.3%
African American:
20.4%
Hispanic:
16.9%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 71st percentile in 2022 → 62nd in 2025
Strengths
Test scores above the North Carolina average (61% vs 53% meeting standards)
Above the North Carolina median (62nd percentile)
Worth a look
!Graduation rate below the North Carolina average (75% vs 87%)
!Ranking has slipped from its 71st-percentile peak (2022) to 62nd (2025)
!Large classes — about 71 students per teacher
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school61%
District avg37%
North Carolina avg53%
246th of 641
North Carolina public high schools ?
Top 38%▲ up 4 pts since 2021
From top 43% (2021) to top 38% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of North Carolina High Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
1st of 2High Schools in the Person County Schools
106th of 242Person County Schools among North Carolina districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202557.8246 of 64161.6%★★★☆☆
202464.2210 of 64067.2%★★★☆☆
202357.8242 of 62661.3%★★★☆☆
202267.9182 of 62170.7%★★★★☆
202153.1254 of 59457.2%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202250.7164 of 43061.9%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202547.0323 of 61047.0%★★☆☆☆
202442.9334 of 60244.5%★★☆☆☆
202354.0261 of 58855.6%★★★☆☆
202254.2261 of 59456.1%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202570.3140 of 60676.9%★★★★☆
202472.5140 of 61377.2%★★★★☆
202358.4192 of 59767.8%★★★☆☆
202270.0124 of 54477.2%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202569.5170 of 60171.7%★★★★☆
202488.497 of 60784.0%★★★★☆
202356.9241 of 60260.0%★★★☆☆
202278.6132 of 58577.4%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202551.5265 of 54251.1%★★★☆☆
202456.0246 of 55355.5%★★★☆☆
202357.1224 of 53758.3%★★★☆☆
202267.0178 of 53466.7%★★★☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)77th percentile+15 vs school
Male (2025)72nd percentile+10 vs school
African American (2022)62nd percentile-9 vs school
White (2025)51st percentile-11 vs school
Female (2025)47th percentile-15 vs school
By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?
English II74%+15 vs state
Math I61%+27 vs state
Math III59%-8 vs state
Biology48%~ state avg

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Students at Person Early College Innovation & Leadership are 56% White, 20% African American, 17% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Person Early College Innovation & Leadership ranks 246th of 641 North Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 142 students attended Person Early College Innovation & Leadership.

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Latest North Carolina data All new data »
2016–17 through 2024–25 graduation ratesSep 3, 2025
2024–25 EOC & EOG test scoresSep 3, 2025
2023–24 EOC & EOG test scoresSep 4, 2024


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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