State/Public High Open

Harvard High School

๐Ÿ“ 1103 N Jefferson St, Harvard, McHenry County, 60033

816
Pupils
11.6
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Harvard High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Harvard, McHenry County. The school has 816 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Carl Hobbs. It is part of the Harvard CUSD 50 school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 70.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. The school offers 14 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Carl Hobbs
School district
Harvard CUSD 50

Enrollment & staffing

Harvard High School enrolls 816 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 70.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.

Male students
434 (53%)
Female students
382 (47%)
Teachers (FTE)
70.5
Student-teacher ratio
11.6:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 1.5% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino57971%
White21326%
Black or African American121.5%
Two or more races101.2%
Asian2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

326 of the school's 816 students (40%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades 9โ€“12Title I

Harvard High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 32, state house district 63.

School district: Harvard CUSD 50

Harvard High School is one of 5 schools in Harvard CUSD 50, based in Harvard, Illinois. The district serves 2,532 students district-wide and employs 220 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 816 students, Harvard High School is larger than the district average of about 506 students per school.

2,532
District students
5
Schools
220
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

17%
Reading proficient
12%
Math proficient
16%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices ๐ŸŽ“ AP courses (14) ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Dual enrollment โญ Gifted program

Setting: Town - Distant

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