📍 3400 Rogers Road, Wake Forest, Wake County, 27587
Heritage Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Wake Forest, Wake County. The school has 997 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wake County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. 75% of students are proficient in reading. 65% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Heritage Middle enrolls 997 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 60 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 15% Black or African American and 9.4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 678 | 68% |
| Black or African American | 147 | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 94 | 9.4% |
| Asian | 49 | 4.9% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 2.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
144 of the school's 997 students (14%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 122 qualify for free lunch and 22 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.
Heritage Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-20, state senate district 18, state house district 35.
Heritage Middle is one of 197 schools in Wake County Schools, based in Cary, North Carolina. The district serves 163,325 students district-wide and employs 10,663 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 997 students, Heritage Middle is larger than the district average of about 829 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large