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Which teacher or staff member at Heritage High deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,778
High
DISTRICT 1,536 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472003226
Heritage High
1150 Forestville Road, Wake Forest, NC 27587 · (919) 570-5600 · Wake County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,778 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of North Carolina public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
493 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 472 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 445 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 425 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 436 | 25% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on published attendance-zone data from Wake County Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
74.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
39.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Heritage High
Heritage High's state test result (57.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage High this school | 1,778 | 27.7% | 57.5% |
| Willow Spring High Fuquay Varina | 2,223 | 28.7% | 54.0% |
| Middle Creek High Apex | 1,587 | 29.6% | 55.0% |
| Fuquay-Varina High Fuquay-Varina | 1,858 | 25.1% | 51.0% |
| Wake Forest High School Wake Forest | 2,043 | 30.4% | 56.2% |
| Ronald W Reagan High School Pfafftown | 2,122 | 29.8% | 67.2% |
Matched among North Carolina high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Heritage High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #138 of 468 | #14 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #200 of 464 | #14 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #98 of 448 | #15 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,778 | #59 of 598 | #19 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #221 of 473 | #21 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #198 of 474 | #24 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.7% | #487 of 527 | #25 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #172 of 277 | #8 of 17 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,778
-143 (-7%) vs 2020
+118% since 2010-11, when it was 814
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 18.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,778 | 97.3 | 18.3:1 | 28% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 1,817 | 97.6 | 18.6:1 | 28% (501) |
| 2022-23 | 1,811 | 99.9 | 18.1:1 | 25% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 1,921 | 103 | 18.6:1 | 17% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 1,915 | 104.4 | 18.3:1 | 19% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 1,891 | 104 | 18.2:1 | 23% (435) |
| 2010-11 | 814 | 48 | 17.0:1 | 35% (281) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heritage High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,915 to 1,778); teachers down 7% (104.4 to 97.3).
About Heritage High
Heritage High is a large high school in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 1,778 students. Enrollment is 134% higher than the average for high schools in North Carolina, which is about 761.
Wake County Schools has 163,176 students in 198 schools, and Heritage High is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Heritage High, at 53%. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Heritage High's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 18.3 students per teacher and 97.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.3 below the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 28% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Wake County averages 42%, higher than here.
Heritage High is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of North Carolina public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 70.4% for a school in North Carolina with Heritage High's free or reduced-price lunch share. Heritage High posts 57.5%.
Census estimates describe Wake County this way: the median household income is $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Heritage High, Wake County has 236 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Heritage Elementary, is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Heritage High ranks 3rd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Heritage High's enrollment dropped from 1,921 in 2020-21 to 1,778 in 2024-25.
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Wake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,178,653
Census ACS
Median income
$105,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
237
184,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wake County Schools
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
Other schools in Wake Forest
- Wake Preparatory AcademyCombined · 2,617 students
- Wake Forest High SchoolHigh · 2,043 students
- Franklin AcademyCombined · 1,660 students
- Heritage MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Wake Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 878 students
- Endeavor Charter SchoolElementary · 799 students
Other Heritage High schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Heritage High. Heritage High is the 6th largest of the 15.
- Heritage HighBrentwood, CA · 2,566 students
- Heritage HighMenifee, CA · 2,330 students
- Heritage High SchoolFRISCO, TX · 1,996 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 1,960 students
- Heritage High SchoolConyers, GA · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage Elementary0.4 mi · 634
- Heritage Middle0.6 mi · 947
- Wake Forest Middle School1.4 mi · 878
- Franklin Academy1.7 mi · 1,660
- Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School1.9 mi · 752
- Wake Forest Charter Academy2.0 mi · 650
Frequently asked questions
About Heritage HighWhat is the total enrollment at Heritage High?
Heritage High enrolls approximately 1,778 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Heritage High serve?
Heritage High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Heritage High?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Heritage High.
What is the student diversity at Heritage High?
Student demographics at Heritage High are roughly 53% White, 24% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Heritage High?
Heritage High is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.