📍 495 Brown Ave, Waynesville, Haywood County, 28786
Waynesville Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Waynesville, Haywood County. The school has 720 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Haywood County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 49.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. 54% of students are proficient in reading. 49% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Waynesville Middle enrolls 720 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 49.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 3.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 598 | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 76 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 3.2% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.4% |
| Black or African American | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
443 of the school's 720 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 423 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Waynesville Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 50, state house district 119.
Waynesville Middle is one of 15 schools in Haywood County Schools, based in Waynesville, North Carolina. The district serves 6,476 students district-wide and employs 456 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 720 students, Waynesville Middle is larger than the district average of about 432 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant