Heritage Junior High School

Heritage Junior High School is a middle-grades school of mid-tier scale in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan, part of Utica Community Schools, serveing 431 students in grades 7 through 9.

Across the 37 schools in Utica Community Schools (25,574 students total), Heritage Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Heritage Junior High School lists that White students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 10% Black, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, Macomb County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,837 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Macomb County runs 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), of which Heritage Junior High School is one.

Oakbrook Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Heritage Junior High School.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Heritage Junior High School has edged down 8%, going from 470 students in 2018 to 431 in 2024. The White share of enrollment declined from 78% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2024.

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