Heritage Academy High

Heritage Academy High is one of the rural-scale senior highs in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, overseen by Minneapolis Public School District, with 71 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 81% below typical.

Minneapolis Public School District runs 86 schools in total, collectively educating 29,928 students. Heritage Academy High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Heritage Academy High lists that nearly all students (99%) are Black. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Heritage Academy High lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 4.1:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Heritage Academy High is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

MPS Metro DT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Heritage Academy High has decreased 62%, going from 188 students in 2018 to 71 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 4.1:1 in 2025.

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