Heritage Elementary

Heritage Elementary serves 606 students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Wake Forest, North Carolina. With 45 full-time equivalent teachers, the school maintains a favorable 13.5:1 student-teacher ratio that allows for more individualized attention in the classroom. The school demonstrates strong academic performance, earning a 7.9 out of 10 MySchoolScout rating and ranking #388 out of 2,661 elementary schools statewide, placing it in the 86th percentile.

Students show particularly strong results in mathematics, with 75% achieving proficiency or above, while reading and language arts scores show 67% of students meeting proficiency standards. Heritage Elementary sits at 3500 Rogers Road in Wake Forest's 27587 ZIP code, an affluent suburban community where the median household income reaches $116,593 and median home values are $412,100. The neighborhood reflects a highly educated population, with 56% of residents holding bachelor's degrees or higher, and maintains a low poverty rate of just 4.5% among its nearly 79,000 residents.

The school operates within Wake County's public school system, serving families in this thriving large suburban area that combines the benefits of suburban living with proximity to the greater Raleigh-Durham metropolitan region.