HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL

HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL is a large four-year high school in PALM BAY, Florida, one of the schools within BREVARD. The school enrolls 1,960 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL sits 89% larger than that benchmark.

HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 109 schools operated by BREVARD, a district that enrolls 73,587 students overall.

Demographically, HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL reports that 35% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 30% Black, 24% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL shows 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Brevard County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.3%, the actual is 46.0%, a residual of -6.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Brevard County shows median household income runs about $78,476, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 113 public schools in Brevard County (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students).

The closest other public school is DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 2.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 53.0%.

HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,777 (now 1,960). White enrollment moved from 41% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

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