📍 1301 Garfield St, Harvard, McHenry County, 60033
Harvard Jr High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Harvard, McHenry County. The school has 540 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Patrick Podgorski. It is part of the Harvard CUSD 50 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 50.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. 13% of students are proficient in reading. 2% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Harvard Jr High School enrolls 540 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 50.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 1.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 386 | 71% |
| White | 140 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.5% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
227 of the school's 540 students (42%) 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.
Harvard Jr High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 32, state house district 63.
Harvard Jr 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 540 students, Harvard Jr High School is close to the district average of about 506 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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