MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE H S

MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE H S is a four-year high school of expansive scale in MIDLOTHIAN, Texas, run under MIDLOTHIAN ISD, serveing 1,760 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 121% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

MIDLOTHIAN ISD runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 11,356 students. MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE H S is one of those campuses.

Demographically, MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE H S logs that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE H S logs 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ellis County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.0%, the actual is 67.1%, a residual of +3.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Ellis County put median household income runs about $99,595, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE H S is one of 83 public schools in Ellis County (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students).

Nearest neighbor: WALNUT GROVE MIDDLE, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE H S at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 55.2%.

MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE H S operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 93%: 914 students in 2018 compared to 1,760 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the MIDLOTHIAN HERITAGE H S community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.