📍 14328 NC Hwy 210, Rocky Point, Pender County, 28457
Heide Trask High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Rocky Point, Pender County. The school has 720 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pender County Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 44.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 89%. The school offers 1 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Heide Trask High enrolls 720 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 44.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% White, 36% Hispanic or Latino and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 312 | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 257 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 114 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 4.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
499 of the school's 720 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 463 qualify for free lunch and 36 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.
Heide Trask High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-70, state senate district 8, state house district 16.
Heide Trask High is one of 19 schools in Pender County Schools, based in Burgaw, North Carolina. The district serves 11,073 students district-wide and employs 664 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 720 students, Heide Trask High is larger than the district average of about 583 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe