Heritage Jr.-Sr. High School is a secondary school in unincorporated Allen County, Indiana, with a Monroeville address. - 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." One of five secondary schools in the East Allen County Schools system, Heritage serves students in grades 7–12 in the communities of: - Find Poe's location on this map to trace which school it is assigned to. Hoagland, Monroeville, - Also see map from Allen County and Poe. - Closeup of townsite A small portion of the New Haven city limits coincides with this school's attendance zone.

History Heritage High School was created by the consolidation of Hoagland and Monroeville High Schools 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.

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

Demographics The 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%

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: Girls' basketball: 1981-82

Notable alumni Andrew Saalfrank, baseball player Cheri Gilbert (Shanebrook), basketball coach Jodi Kelley (Beerman), basketball player

See also List of high schools in Indiana

References

External links Official Website