Heritage Elementary School

Heritage Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary-level community in HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colorado, run under Douglas County School District No. Re 1. The school instructs 377 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Within Douglas County School District No. Re 1, which oversees 89 schools and 61,550 students, Heritage Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Heritage Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Heritage Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Heritage Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 10% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Heritage Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 60.6%; this one delivers 76.4%, a residual of +15.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Douglas County put median household income runs about $149,594, roughly 62% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Douglas County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students), of which Heritage Elementary School is one.

Summit View Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Heritage Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 57.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 32%: 555 students in 2018 compared to 377 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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