Heritage Middle

As a high-enrollment junior high in Wake Forest, North Carolina, Heritage Middle serves 947 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Wake County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 57% bigger than typical.

Across the 198 schools in Wake County Schools (163,176 students total), Heritage Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Heritage Middle lists that White students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 12% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Heritage Middle has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Wake County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Heritage Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.7%, the actual is 78.3%, a residual of +4.6 points.

Around the school, Wake County reports that median household income runs about $105,768, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Heritage Middle is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

Heritage Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Heritage Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Heritage Middle at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 58.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Heritage Middle has ticked down 25%, going from 1,260 students in 2018 to 947 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 64% across the same window.

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