Heritage Junior/Senior High School Explained

Heritage Junior/Senior High School
Streetaddress:13608 Monroeville Road
City:Monroeville
State:Indiana
Zipcode:46773
Country:USA
Coordinates:40.9767°N -84.962°W
District:East Allen County Schools
Ceeb:152375
Principal:Rebecca Christensen
Teaching Staff:50.45 (on a FTE basis)
Grades:7-12
Enrollment:737 (2022–2023)[1]
Ratio:14.61
Athletics:IHSAA AAA
Conference:Allen County Athletic Conference
Nickname:Patriots
Newspaper:The Structure

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]

History

Heritage High School was created by the consolidation of Hoagland and Monroeville High Schools[8] It opened for the 1968/1969 school year.

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

In 1995 the school had 718 students, with 39 being of races other than non-Hispanic white.[8]

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 804 students enrolled in 2014-15 was:

100% of the students are eligible for free lunch

Athletics

The 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:

Notable alumni

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heritage Jr/Sr High School. National Center for Education Statistics. April 11, 2024.
  2. Web site: Home. Heritage Jr/Sr High School. 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."
  3. Web site: District Boundary Map. East Allen County Schools. 2020-04-03. 2020-12-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20201204135401/https://www.eacs.k12.in.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3123024/File/EastAllenCounty/Transportation/BoundaryMaps/DistrictBoundaryMap.pdf. dead. - Find Poe's location on this map to trace which school it is assigned to.
  4. Web site: 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Hoagland CDP, IN. 2010 U.S. Census. U.S. Census Bureau. 2020-04-03.
  5. Web site: 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Monroeville town, IN. 2010 U.S. Census. U.S. Census Bureau. 2020-04-03. - Also see map from Allen County
  6. Web site: Village of Poe Figure. Allen County Regional Water & Sewer District. 2020-04-04. - Closeup of townsite
  7. Web site: New Haven City Districts. Allen County. 2018. 2020-04-04.
  8. News: Bach, Lisa Kim. Heritage of Frustrations . . 1A . 1995-05-30 . Heritage was created when the district closed Monroeville High School and built another building closer to Hoagland. .
  9. Web site: IHSAA State Champions by School . . 2010-05-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100411205810/http://www.ihsaa.org/dnn/Schools/StateChampHistory/StateChampionshipsbySchool/tabid/581/Default.aspx . 2010-04-11 .
  10. https://www.wfft.com/sports/heritage-grad-saalfrank-makes-mlb-debut-with-diamondbacks/article_a57af26e-4cfb-11ee-b64c-433d28cbd2db.html