Pender Early College High School

Burgaw, NC 28425

Phone: (910) 362-7925
Fax: (910) 259-7174
District: Pender County School District

9

GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades 9,10,11,12,13 • 207 students

Pender Early College High School, a public school located in Burgaw, NC, serves grades 9-12 in the Pender County School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 9 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Pender Early College High School is a public school located in Burgaw, NC. 207 students attend Pender Early College High School.

School Ratings

Category Rating Details
Test Scores 10/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 North Carolina End-of-Course Tests data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, and using 2025 North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
College Readiness 10/10 The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2025 4-year high school graduation rate data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, using 2025 Average ACT score data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, using 2025 ACT percent college ready data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, and using 2025 demographic data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Student Growth 7/10 The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2024 Student growth data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Posted: April 5, 2010

Pender Early College is the best school in Pender County. In it's first graduating class alone, students have all been accepted to competitive universities including Harvard University, and received pretigious scholarships such as the Morehead-Cain scholarship at UNC-Chapel Hill. This can't be said for other schools in Pender County.

Posted: April 1, 2009

Posted: January 23, 2009

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# Name Type City State Overall Rating Distance
1 Cypress Pond at Porters Neck Apartment Complex Wilmington NC 18.3 mi
2 West River Neighborhood/Subdivision Jacksonville NC 25.7 mi
3 Mallard Creek Neighborhood/Subdivision Jacksonville NC 27 mi
4 The Landing at Mill Creek Neighborhood/Subdivision Sneads Ferry NC 27.7 mi
5 Countrywood Estates Neighborhood/Subdivision Jacksonville NC 27.9 mi
6 WilliamsburgPlantation Neighborhood/Subdivision Jacksonville NC 32.4 mi
7 The Bluffs on The New River Neighborhood/Subdivision Jacksonville NC 32.4 mi
8 Timber Creek Neighborhood/Subdivision Jacksonville NC 33 mi
9 Carolina Forest Neighborhood/Subdivision Jacksonville NC 34.2 mi
10 Killis Hills Neighborhood/Subdivision Richlands NC 34.6 mi
11 Wildflowers Neighborhood/Subdivision Richlands NC 34.9 mi
12 Country Club Estates Neighborhood/Subdivision Jacksonville NC 35.9 mi
13 Carolina Estates Neighborhood/Subdivision Jacksonville NC 37.1 mi
14 Trailwood Neighborhood/Subdivision Hubert NC 41.7 mi
15 Hall Creek - North Neighborhood/Subdivision Swansboro NC 45.2 mi
16 Deer Park Neighborhood/Subdivision Swansboro NC 46.3 mi
# Name City State Overall Rating Distance
1 Porters Neck Wilmington NC 19.4 mi
2 Richlands Area Beulaville NC 25.2 mi
3 Sneads Ferry Sneads Ferry NC 29.9 mi
4 Richlands Richlands NC 32.5 mi
5 Piney green Jacksonville NC 36.3 mi
6 Hubert Hubert NC 40.2 mi
7 Swansboro, NC Swansboro NC 45.7 mi
8 Swansboro Swansboro NC 46.7 mi
9 Downtown Swansboro Swansboro NC 46.8 mi
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