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What's the most underrated thing about HERITAGE HIGH that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,106
High
DISTRICT 1,321 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT NEWS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510264001451
Heritage High
5800 Marshall Ave, Newport News, VA 23605 · (757) 928-6100 · Newport News city
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,106 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Virginia public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
1,051 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 404 | 37% |
| Grade 10 | 282 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 221 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 199 | 18% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
69.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
65.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -16.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 16 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 81.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Heritage High
Heritage High's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage High this school | 1,106 | 95.0% | 54.9% |
| George Washington High Danville | 1,248 | 93.8% | 53.4% |
| Booker T Washington High Norfolk | 904 | 92.7% | 58.8% |
| Lake Taylor High Norfolk | 1,107 | 93.0% | 59.5% |
| Petersburg High Petersburg | 1,215 | 88.1% | 58.0% |
| Hampton High Hampton | 1,301 | 92.2% | 78.6% |
Matched among Virginia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Heritage High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Newport News city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #301 of 311 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #287 of 316 ▼ 46 | #6 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #304 of 316 ▼ 14 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,106 | #168 of 325 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #158 of 309 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #225 of 309 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #55 of 319 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #68 of 178 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,106
-85 (-7%) vs 2020
-32% since 2000-01, when it was 1,633
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,106 | 79 | 14.0:1 | 95% (1,051) |
| 2023-24 | 1,076 | 73.4 | 14.7:1 | 92% (989) |
| 2022-23 | 1,111 | 79.8 | 13.9:1 | 85% (945) |
| 2020-21 | 1,191 | 77 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,252 | 77.6 | 16.1:1 | 81% (1,012) |
| 2015-16 | 1,350 | 83 | 16.3:1 | 67% (905) |
| 2010-11 | 1,393 | 72 | 19.4:1 | 62% (862) |
| 2000-01 | 1,633 | 101 | 16.2:1 | 43% (706) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heritage High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,252 to 1,106); teachers up 2% (77.6 to 79).
About Heritage High
In Newport News, Virginia, Heritage High is a mid-sized high school. Total enrollment is 1,106 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12.
Newport News City Public Schools counts 25,882 students in its 40 schools, and Heritage High is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show Heritage High is 75% Black. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 5% White. The county population is about 41% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
There are about 14.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Heritage High, which has 79. The ratio is within a point of the 13.9:1 average for high schools in Virginia. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 95%.
Among Virginia public high schools, Heritage High outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Heritage High scores 54.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 62.2%.
In the surrounding county, Newport News city, the median household earns about $69,634 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Newport News city has 48 public schools with about 25,882 students, including Heritage High.
Heritage High is less than a tenth of a mile from Huntington Middle, its nearest public school. Heritage High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Heritage High ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 54.9% versus a 54.2% average.
Federal data place Heritage High in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,106, compared with 1,191 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.0:1) than in 2020-21 (15.5:1).
People who know Heritage High can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Newport News city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
184,216
Census ACS
Median income
$69,634
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
25,882 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newport News City Public Schools
- Woodside HighHigh · 1,723 students
- Menchville HighHigh · 1,707 students
- Warwick HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Denbigh HighHigh · 1,269 students
- Ethel M. Gildersleeve MiddleMiddle · 1,087 students
- Ella J. Fitzgerald MiddleMiddle · 988 students
Other schools in Newport News
- Woodside HighHigh · 1,723 students
- Menchville HighHigh · 1,707 students
- Warwick HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Denbigh HighHigh · 1,269 students
- Ethel M. Gildersleeve MiddleMiddle · 1,087 students
- Ella J. Fitzgerald MiddleMiddle · 988 students
Other Heritage High schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Heritage High. Heritage High is the 13th largest of the 15.
- Heritage HighLeesburg, VA · 1,475 students
- Heritage HighLynchburg, VA · 1,113 students
- Heritage HighBrentwood, CA · 2,566 students
- Heritage HighMenifee, CA · 2,330 students
- Heritage High SchoolFRISCO, TX · 1,996 students
Nearby schools
- Huntington Middle0.0 mi · 292
- Achievable Dream Middle/High0.2 mi · 498
- Newsome Park Elementary0.8 mi · 386
- B.T. Washington Middle1.2 mi · 413
- C. Alton Lindsay Middle1.7 mi · 612
- Crittenden Middle1.7 mi · 781
Frequently asked questions
About Heritage HighHow many students attend Heritage High?
Heritage High enrolls approximately 1,106 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Heritage High serve?
Heritage High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Heritage High?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Heritage High.
How diverse is Heritage High?
Heritage High reports a student body of 5% White, 14% Hispanic, 75% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Heritage High?
Heritage High is overseen by Newport News City Public Schools in Newport News city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.