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Enrollment
727
Middle
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYWOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370204000911
Waynesville Middle
495 Brown Ave, Waynesville, NC 28786 · (828) 456-2403 · Haywood County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL727 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of North Carolina public middle schools
- BTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
707 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 238 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 248 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 241 | 33% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
54.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
54.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Waynesville Middle
Waynesville Middle's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waynesville Middle this school | 727 | 97.2% | 54.5% |
| Chestnut Grove Middle School King | 662 | 98.0% | 60.3% |
| West Pine Middle West End | 717 | 99.6% | 74.8% |
| West Lincoln Middle Lincolnton | 563 | 98.8% | 54.8% |
| Hudson Middle Hudson | 551 | 98.9% | 52.5% |
| Central Davidson Middle Lexington | 686 | 99.6% | 58.8% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Waynesville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #187 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #176 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #154 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 727 | #145 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #215 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.2% | #443 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #326 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #244 of 300 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
727
-76 (-9%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 946
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 727 | 45.2 | 16.1:1 | 97% (707) |
| 2023-24 | 708 | 45.4 | 15.6:1 | 100% (705) |
| 2022-23 | 720 | 49 | 14.7:1 | 62% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 803 | 57 | 14.1:1 | 35% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 767 | 53.8 | 14.3:1 | 49% (377) |
| 2015-16 | 1,684 | 59 | 28.5:1 | 27% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 898 | 61 | 14.7:1 | 51% (455) |
| 2000-01 | 1,075 | 72 | 14.9:1 | 32% (346) |
| 1990-91 | 946 | 67 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waynesville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (767 to 727); teachers down 16% (53.8 to 45.2).
About Waynesville Middle
Federal records list Waynesville Middle as a middle-grades school in Waynesville, North Carolina. In all, 727 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That is 20% bigger than the average of about 605 students for middle schools in North Carolina.
Waynesville Middle is part of Haywood County Schools, where 15 schools serve 6,476 students.
Of every 100 students at Waynesville Middle, about 83 are White. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. A diversity index of 29% means there is a 29% chance two randomly chosen students at Waynesville Middle are from different groups.
There are about 16.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Waynesville Middle, which has 45.2. The ratio is within a point of the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 97%. That is in line with the 99% average for public schools in Haywood County.
Waynesville Middle holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 65% of North Carolina public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Waynesville Middle falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 54.5% actual against 49.1% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Haywood County show that the median household earns about $61,912 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Haywood County, 16 public schools serve about 7,092 students.
Among nearby public schools, Central Haywood High is closest at about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 7. Nearby schools with test data average 65.5% proficiency; Waynesville Middle posts 54.5%.
Federal data place Waynesville Middle in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 9%, from 803 to 727. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.1:1, from 14.1:1.
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Haywood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,662
Census ACS
Median income
$61,912
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,092 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Haywood County Schools
- Tuscola HighHigh · 873 students
- Pisgah HighHigh · 859 students
- Bethel ElementaryElementary · 537 students
- Clyde ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Hazelwood ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Canton MiddleMiddle · 475 students
Other schools in Waynesville
- Tuscola HighHigh · 873 students
- Shining Rock Classical AcademyCombined · 616 students
- Hazelwood ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Junaluska ElementaryElementary · 428 students
- Jonathan Valley ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- Bethel MiddleMiddle · 254 students
Other Waynesville Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Waynesville Middle. Waynesville Middle is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- WAYNESVILLE MIDDLEWAYNESVILLE, MO · 906 students
- Waynesville Middle SchoolWaynesville, OH · 379 students
Nearby schools
- Central Haywood High0.3 mi · 63
- Hazelwood Elementary1.1 mi · 490
- Junaluska Elementary2.5 mi · 428
- Shining Rock Classical Academy2.6 mi · 616
- Tuscola High3.7 mi · 873
- Jonathan Valley Elementary3.7 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Waynesville MiddleHow many students attend Waynesville Middle?
Waynesville Middle enrolls approximately 727 students in grades 06-08.
Is Waynesville Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Waynesville Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Waynesville Middle have?
Waynesville Middle employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Waynesville Middle?
Student demographics at Waynesville Middle are roughly 83% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Waynesville Middle in?
Waynesville Middle is part of Haywood County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.