Enrollment
239
High
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370488002881
Wayne Early / Middle College High
3000 Wayne Memorial Drive, Goldsboro, NC 27534 · (919) 739-7070 · Wayne County
GRADES 09–13HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL239 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of North Carolina public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
25.5:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
236 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 72 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 56 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 54 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 50 | 21% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
94.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
84.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
88.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+40.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 40 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Wayne Early / Middle College High
Wayne Early / Middle College High's state test result (88.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Early / Middle College High this school | 239 | 98.7% | 88.8% |
| Rowan Co Early College Salisbury | 235 | 98.7% | 78.4% |
| Johnston County Schools Career Technical Smithfield | 241 | 98.8% | N/A |
| Montgomery County Early College Troy | 282 | 98.6% | 84.5% |
| Lee Early College Sanford | 272 | 98.9% | 82.5% |
| Duplin Early College High Kenansville | 199 | 98.5% | 68.7% |
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 Wayne Early / Middle College High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.8% | #14 of 468 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.2% | #31 of 464 | #2 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.7% | #1 of 448 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 239 | #447 of 598 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #429 of 473 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #164 of 474 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #229 of 527 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #236 of 277 | #6 of 6 |
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
239
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 248
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 239 | 9.4 | 25.5:1 | 99% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 232 | 10.2 | 22.8:1 | 55% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 228 | 11.2 | 20.4:1 | 52% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 238 | 11 | 21.6:1 | 32% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 247 | 11 | 22.4:1 | 45% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 249 | 12 | 20.8:1 | 46% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 11 | 22.6:1 | 31% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wayne Early / Middle College High.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (247 to 239); teachers down 15% (11 to 9.4).
About Wayne Early / Middle College High
Wayne Early / Middle College High is a public very small high school in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The school has 239 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 13. That compares with an average of about 761 students for high schools in North Carolina.
In Wayne County Public Schools, 33 schools enroll a combined 17,150 students.
About 45% of students at Wayne Early / Middle College High are Hispanic, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% White, 16% Black, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 14%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
The school's 9.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.5:1. The average for high schools in North Carolina is 19.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Wayne Early / Middle College High, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Wayne County average a similar 98%.
Wayne Early / Middle College High holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 98% of North Carolina public high schools.
Wayne Early / Middle College High ranks in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 88.8%. Predicted: 48.7%. Difference: 40.1 points.
The school is in Wayne County, where the median household earns about $59,733 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Wayne Early / Middle College High shares Wayne County with 35 other public schools.
Wayne Early / Middle College High is about 0.8 miles from Tommy's Road Elementary, its nearest public school. Wayne Early / Middle College High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 50.9% on proficiency, and Wayne Early / Middle College High is above that at 88.8%.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 238 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 239. Students per teacher increased from 21.6 in 2020-21 to 25.5 in 2024-25.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
118,652
Census ACS
Median income
$59,733
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
18,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne County Public Schools
- Charles B Aycock HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southern Wayne HighHigh · 1,007 students
- Norwayne MiddleMiddle · 848 students
- Spring Creek ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Eastern Wayne HighHigh · 781 students
- Spring Creek HighHigh · 732 students
Other schools in Goldsboro
- Spring Creek ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Eastern Wayne HighHigh · 781 students
- Wayne Preparatory AcademyCombined · 765 students
- Meadow Lane ElementaryElementary · 674 students
- Rosewood ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Eastern Wayne ElementaryElementary · 597 students
Nearby schools
- Tommy's Road Elementary0.8 mi · 545
- North Drive Elementary1.4 mi · 498
- Wayne Preparatory Academy1.6 mi · 765
- Wayne STEM Academy2.0 mi · 305
- Goldsboro High2.3 mi · 412
- Wayne School of Engineering2.3 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Wayne Early / Middle College HighHow many students attend Wayne Early / Middle College High?
Wayne Early / Middle College High enrolls approximately 239 students in grades 09-13.
What grades does Wayne Early / Middle College High serve?
Wayne Early / Middle College High serves grades 09-13.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wayne Early / Middle College High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wayne Early / Middle College High is approximately 25.5:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wayne Early / Middle College High?
At Wayne Early / Middle College High, the student body is approximately 33% White, 45% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Wayne Early / Middle College High public or private?
Wayne Early / Middle College High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wayne County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.