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Heritage Elementary School

11775 County Line Rd, Madison, AL 35758 · (256) 772-2075 · Madison County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL869 STUDENTS
Enrollment
869
Elementary
DISTRICT 722 · STATE 480
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
222 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 58%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten11814%
Grade 112414%
Grade 214316%
Grade 314717%
Grade 415618%
Grade 518121%
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
45452%
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
728%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
16519%
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Asian
10913%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
627%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
40%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
44151%
Female
42849%

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
88.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
76.3%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.

Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
81.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Alabama 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 Alabama'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 →

Where Heritage Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn AlabamaIn Madison County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
81.6%#23 of 626#2 of 48
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
76.3%#17 of 626#1 of 48
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
88.9%#32 of 626#2 of 48
Enrollment
ranked largest first
869#40 of 709#6 of 50
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.0:1#339 of 655#22 of 49
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
66.3%#64 of 658#9 of 49
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-4.7%#288 of 364#25 of 29
Ranked against other public elementary 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.

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
869
-43 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 20.6:1
% White
52%
was 55%
% Hispanic
8%
was 7%
% Black
19%
was 21%
% Asian
13%
was 10%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree or reduced lunch
2024-258695117.0:126% (222)
2023-248495116.6:125% (213)
2022-238764619.0:122% (193)
2017-1891244.220.6:124% (218)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heritage Elementary School.

About Heritage Elementary School

Heritage Elementary School is the name of a large elementary school in Madison, Alabama. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 869 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Alabama is about 480 students.

Madison City runs 13 schools with a combined 13,046 students. Heritage Elementary School is one of them.

White students account for 52% of enrollment at Heritage Elementary School. The remaining students are 19% Black, 13% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Madison County is about 63% White. By the diversity index, Heritage Elementary School comes in at 66%.

Heritage Elementary School employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.0:1. Across elementary schools in Alabama, the average ratio is about 17.0:1. Heritage Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 26%. That is lower than the 41% average for public schools in Madison County.

Heritage Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 81.6% is 16.2 points above the 65.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

In Madison County (population about 405,718), median household income is about $86,499, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 89 public schools operate in Madison County, serving about 55,800 students.

Of nearby public schools, Liberty Middle School is the closest, at about 0.9 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Heritage Elementary School is ahead of the 64.0% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.

The NCES locale for Heritage Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The 2024-25 enrollment of 869 was 5% lower than in 2017-18, when it was 912. Federal data show the ratio falling from 20.6:1 to 17.0:1.

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Madison County at a glance

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Population
405,718
Census ACS
Median income
$86,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
55,800 students

Quick facts

School name
Heritage Elementary School
District
Madison City
Address
11775 County Line Rd, Madison, AL 35758
Phone
(256) 772-2075
County
Madison County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
869
Teachers (FTE)
51
Student–teacher ratio
17.0:1
Free/Reduced lunch
222 (26%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
010000801423
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Heritage Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Heritage Elementary School?
Heritage Elementary School enrolls approximately 869 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Heritage Elementary School serve?
Heritage Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Heritage Elementary School?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at Heritage Elementary School.
How diverse is Heritage Elementary School?
Heritage Elementary School reports a student body of 52% White, 8% Hispanic, 19% Black, 13% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Heritage Elementary School in?
Heritage Elementary School is part of Madison City.
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