Heritage High School

Heritage High School is a well-populated senior high in LITTLETON, Colorado, run under Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe. The school instructs 1,748 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 179% larger than the state mean of about 627.

Across the 20 schools in Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe (13,109 students total), Heritage High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Heritage High School logs that White students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder consists of 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Arapahoe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Heritage High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.6%; this one delivers 51.0%.

In the surrounding community, Arapahoe County reports that median household earnings sit near $101,087, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Heritage High School is one of 176 public schools in Arapahoe County (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students).

Nearest neighbor: Runyon Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Heritage High School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 57.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Heritage High School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 1,711 (now 1,748).

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.