Haywood Early College High School | |
Motto: | One Pack, One Goal |
Address: | 185 Freedlander Dr |
Zipcode: | 28721 |
Country: | United States |
Principal: | Lori Fox |
Faculty: | 6.94 (FTE) |
Ratio: | 26.37 |
Conference: | N/A |
Mascot: | Wolfpack |
Students: | 183 (2018–19)[1] |
Colors: | Purple and gray |
Haywood Early College is a public high school located on the campus of Haywood Community College. Haywood Early College High School enrolls students in grades 9 through 13. Students who complete the full program earn both a high school diploma and a two-year transfer degree.
Haywood Early College opened in the fall of 2006 supported by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and in collaboration with the North Carolina New Schools Project.
It serves a population of approximately one hundred and ninety students.
Haywood Early College has achieved considerable academic success. HEC earned an A rating[2] from the state for the 2013–2014 academic year, SchoolDigger ranked HEC 29th out of 503 North Carolina high schools,[3] and was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in 2018.[4]