Heritage School

Heritage School is a 9-12 campus of rural-scale scale in Marysville, Washington, overseen by Marysville School District, instructing 130 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 573 students per school, that is 77% smaller than typical.

Heritage School is one of 23 schools operated by Marysville School District, a district that caters to 9,760 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Heritage School logs that the most-represented group is Native American (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 2% White, 2% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Snohomish County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Heritage School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 22.9%; this one comes in at 9.1%, -13.8 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Snohomish County reports that median household earnings sit near $111,246, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Heritage School is one of 227 public schools in Snohomish County (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students).

The closest other public school is School Home Partnership Program, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Heritage School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Heritage School's enrollment has climbed 35% since 2018, when it stood at 96 (now 130). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 17% to 29%. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.