Wayne Early / Middle College High

Wayne Early / Middle College High operates as a minimally staffed four-year high school in Goldsboro, North Carolina, part of Wayne County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 239 students spanning grades 9 through 13. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Wayne Early / Middle College High sits 69% below that benchmark.

Wayne Early / Middle College High is one of 33 schools operated by Wayne County Public Schools, a district that teaches 17,150 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Wayne Early / Middle College High shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 33% White, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the resource side, On paper, Wayne Early / Middle College High has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wayne Early / Middle College High ranks in the top 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 48.7%; Wayne Early / Middle College High posts 88.8%, +40.1 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household income runs about $59,733, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,481 students), Wayne Early / Middle College High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Tommy's Road Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wayne Early / Middle College High. On composite proficiency, Wayne Early / Middle College High comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Wayne Early / Middle College High's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 247 (now 239). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 32% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 25.5:1 in 2025.

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