WashingtonSchoolsHeritage High School

Heritage High School

PublicRegular
Vancouver, Washington · Evergreen School District (Clark)
Teachers77.0FTE
Ratio20.6:1students per teacher
Students1,588enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students1,588
Grade Span9–12
Student:Teacher20.6:1
Free/Reduced Lunch61%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
2.4%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
78
1.3%vs prior yr
Enrollment
1,569
1.2%vs prior yr
Avg Experience
17
years
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

15.0:116.2:117.4:118.7:119.9:121.1:12020202120222023202420.7:120.5:120.1:120.6:120.1:1Heritage High SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

1,5571,5921,6281,6631,6991,734767880818385202020212022202320241,7151,7221,6251,5881,5698384817778EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment1,7151,7221,6251,5881,569
Teacher FTE8384817778
Pupil : Teacher ratio20.7:120.5:120.1:120.6:120.1:115.4:1

Teacher Experience & Qualifications (2024)

Average years of experience16.7 yrs
Novice teachers (< 3 yrs)0%
Hold advanced degree81%
Source: State Department of Education teacher workforce reports.

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.