Heritage High School (Maryville, Tennessee)

Heritage High School is a public high school located approximately 3.5 miles outside the city of Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee which opened in 1977. The school was created through the consolidation of four community high schools (Townsend, Walland, Porter and Everett) into a comprehensive high school.Heritage High School is one of two secondary schools operated by Blount County Schools. There are two other public high schools in Blount County that are operated by the cities of Maryville and Alcoa respectively.The school provides educational opportunities primarily to students from Townsend, Walland, Louisville, Rockford, Maryville and Alcoa communities.In the 2009–2010 school year, the student population at Heritage was characterized as 94.62% White, 2.84% Latino, 1.87% African-American, 0.06% Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islander, and 0.42% Asian.CampusThe high school occupies a 99acre campus within 15mi of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.There are scenic views of the park's peaks and nearby Walland Gap that divides the Chilhowee Mountain range into two sections.