📍 333 Southridge Rd, Tahlequah, Cherokee County, 74464
Heritage Es is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tahlequah, Cherokee County. The school has 495 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tahlequah school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 38% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Heritage Es enrolls 495 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 32% American Indian or Alaska Native, 30% Two or more races and 20% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 157 | 32% |
| Two or more races | 147 | 30% |
| White | 99 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 70 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 12 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 10 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
323 of the school's 495 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Heritage Es is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-20, state senate district 9, state house district 4.
Heritage Es is one of 6 schools in TAHLEQUAH, based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The district serves 3,712 students district-wide and employs 235 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 495 students, Heritage Es is smaller than the district average of about 619 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote