Estacado Early College High School (EECHS) is a partnership between Lubbock Independent School District, Estacado High School and Texas Tech University. This partnership is one of the few in the nation that includes a Tier One university and is the only one of its kind in the Big 12. Early College High School campuses give students the opportunity to begin earning college credit in their ninth-grade year and up to 60 hours by the time they graduate from high school, a value of up to $40,000.

Students are admitted through an application process, with additional requirements for those outside of the Estacado High School attendance zone. The Estacado Early College High School will only be offered to students within the Lubbock Independent School District.

Estacado Early College High School mission includes:

• Accelerated instruction in a school-within-a-school model

• Preparing students to start college coursework in their ninth-grade year with intensive coursework beginning their tenth-grade year

• The opportunity for students to graduate from high school with up to sixty (60) hours of their college education and tuition-free

• An impressive faculty, experienced in college preparatory instruction