Heritage Jr.-Sr. High School is a secondary school in unincorporated Allen County, Indiana, with a Monroeville address.[2] One of five secondary schools in the East Allen County Schools system, Heritage serves students in grades 7-12 in the communities of:[3] Hoagland,[4] Monroeville,[5] and Poe.[6] A small portion of the New Haven city limits coincides with this school's attendance zone.[7]
| Heritage Junior/Senior High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
 | |
13608 Monroeville Road , 46773 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°58′36″N 84°57′43″W / 40.976721°N 84.962046°W |
| Information | |
| School district | East Allen County Schools |
| CEEB code | 152375 |
| Principal | Rebecca Christensen |
| Teaching staff | 50.45 (on a FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 737 (2022–2023)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.61[1] |
| Color(s) | |
| Athletics | IHSAA AAA |
| Athletics conference | Allen County Athletic Conference |
| Nickname | Patriots |
| Newspaper | The Structure |
| Website | hhs |
History
editHeritage High School was created by the consolidation of Hoagland and Monroeville High Schools[8] It opened for the 1968/1969 school year.[citation needed]
Prior to 1995 there had been proposals to close Heritage High School and consolidate EACS schools for racial balance reasons. Monroeville-area residents by then were generally not willing to move to a different high school.[8]
Demographics
editIn 1995 the school had 718 students, with 39 being of races other than non-Hispanic white.[8]
Demographics
editThe demographic breakdown of the 804 students enrolled in 2014-15 was:
- Male - 49.9%
- Female - 50.1%
- Black - 25%
- Hispanic - 20%
- White - 30%
- Asian - 25%[citation needed]
100% of the students are eligible for free lunch
Athletics
editThe school's teams, known as the Heritage Patriots, compete in the Indiana High School Athletic Association's AAA size classification in the Allen County Athletic Conference. Teams are fielded in baseball, basketball, football, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.
State championship titles held by the school's teams include:
- Girls' basketball: 1981-82[9]
Notable alumni
edit- Andrew Saalfrank, baseball player[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Heritage Jr/Sr High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ "Home". Heritage Jr/Sr High School. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
Heritage Jr/Sr High School 13608 Monroeville Road, Monroeville, IN 46773
- The address is not in the Monroeville city limits despite the "Monroeville, IN" USPS city name. This page from the City of Houston states: "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries." - ^ "District Boundary Map" (PDF). East Allen County Schools. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-04-03. - Find Poe's location on this map to trace which school it is assigned to.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Hoagland CDP, IN" (PDF). 2010 U.S. Census. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Monroeville town, IN" (PDF). 2010 U.S. Census. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2020-04-03. - Also see map from Allen County
- ^ "Village of Poe Figure". Allen County Regional Water & Sewer District. Retrieved 2020-04-04. - Closeup of townsite
- ^ "New Haven City Districts" (PDF). Allen County. 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ a b c Bach, Lisa Kim (1995-05-30). "Heritage of Frustrations". Fort Wayne News Sentinel. p. 1A.
Heritage was created when the district closed Monroeville High School and built another building closer to Hoagland.
- ^ "IHSAA State Champions by School". Indiana High School Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ "Heritage grad Saalfrank makes MLB debut with Diamondbacks". 6 September 2023.
