Heritage Middle

Middle school·Grades 6-8 Valdese, North Carolina·28690
Score
70.8/100
Compare Heritage Middle with another school
#135
Among 460 North Carolina middle schools
#3
In Burke County Schools
Top 30%
In North Carolina

Score 70.8/100: better than 70% of North Carolina middle schools on 2025-26 state tests. Schools are only compared with others of the same type in the same state. How we score schools

Performance (state tests, 2025-26)

% proficient on state tests in North Carolina, all students. Colored bars are green when the school is at or above the average for similar North Carolina schools.

English language arts
55%
Similar North Carolina schools ≈ 55%, better than 57% of them
490 students tested
Math
65%
Similar North Carolina schools ≈ 56%, better than 75% of them
489 students tested
Science
77%
Similar North Carolina schools ≈ 68%, better than 74% of them
156 students tested
All North Carolina schools (ELA / math)
57% / 59%
State average across every school type, 2025-26
All 3 published results by grade and test

As published by North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. "Hidden" means the state didn't publish the result to protect student privacy.

SubjectGradeTestResultStudents tested
English language artsAll gradesNC EOG Reading55.1490
MathAll gradesNC EOG Math64.6489
ScienceAll gradesNC EOG Science76.9156

School profile

Grades
6-8
Students
440
Type
Middle school
Charter school
No
Program
Regular

Students

Enrollment
440
Typical middle school: 591
Free or reduced-price lunch
—
Not reported to the federal data

District and location

School district
City
Burke County

Contact

Address
1951 Enon Road
Valdese, NC 28690

"Typical" is the middle (median) middle school in North Carolina. Higher or lower is not in itself better or worse. Address, phone and website are as the state reported them to the U.S. Department of Education for 2024-25, so check with the school before visiting. School details: U.S. Department of Education, Common Core of Data (enrollment 2023-24).

Nearby middle schools

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Location

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Heritage Middle at a glance

Heritage Middle is a public middle school in Valdese, North Carolina, serving grades 6-8. It is part of Burke County Schools. It has about 440 students (a typical North Carolina middle school has 591).

In 2025-26 state tests, 55% in English language arts (similar schools: 55%) and 65% in math (similar schools: 56%) reached the state standard (% proficient). On our score, which compares it only with other North Carolina middle schools, it scores 70.8 out of 100: better than 70% of them, ranking #135 of 460. Its English language arts result was broadly unchanged from the year before. This overview is generated automatically from published state and federal data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official sources above.

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Page updated 2026-10-12.