Heide Trask High

Located at 14328 NC Hwy 210, in Rocky Point, North Carolina, Heide Trask High is a medium-sized senior high that hosts 732 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Pender County Schools.

Pender County Schools runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 11,073 students. Heide Trask High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Heide Trask High records that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 38% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Pender County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Heide Trask High has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Heide Trask High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pender County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Heide Trask High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Pender County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,396, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pender County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,073 students), of which Heide Trask High is one.

The closest other public school is Rocky Point Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Heide Trask High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Heide Trask High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 65.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Heide Trask High has decreased 4%, going from 766 students in 2018 to 732 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 22% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.

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