Heritage School

Located at 290 WOODLAND DR, in SALINE, Michigan, Heritage School is an expansive K-5 school that teaches 646 students (grades 4 through 5), part of Saline Area Schools. That puts it 75% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Saline Area Schools runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,596 students. Heritage School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Heritage School shows that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Washtenaw County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Heritage School logs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Washtenaw County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Heritage School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.5%; this one delivers 64.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Washtenaw County) reports that median household earnings sit near $89,180, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Heritage School is one of 104 public schools in Washtenaw County (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students).

The closest other public school is Woodland Meadows Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Heritage School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 70.3%.

Heritage School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Heritage School's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 765 (now 646). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 87% to 77% over that span.

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