No. Students and parents need only demonstrate a commitment to fully participate in an academically rigorous program.

Early College High Schools focus on students for whom a smooth transition into postsecondary education is challenging: low-income students, minority students, English Language learners, and first-generation, college-bound students.

Early College High Schools are small high schools from which students may leave with a two-year Associate of Arts degree, or with sufficient college credits to enter a four-year, liberal arts program as a junior.