Heritage Elementary School

Heritage Elementary School operates as a modestly sized elementary campus in CENTENNIAL, Colorado, one of the schools within Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. Current enrollment sits at 302 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% below the state mean of about 379.

Across the 70 schools in Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah (52,099 students total), Heritage Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Heritage Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 20% Asian, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Heritage Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Heritage Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Arapahoe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Heritage Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Arapahoe County) logs that median household income runs about $101,087, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Arapahoe County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), Heritage Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Walnut Hills Community Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Heritage Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 66.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 28%: 417 students in 2018 compared to 302 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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