Harvard High School

Harvard High School is a medium-sized high school in Harvard, Illinois, run under Harvard CUSD 50. The school serves 815 students in grades 9 through 12.

Harvard CUSD 50 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,532 students; Harvard High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Harvard High School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 24% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the income-and-resources front, Harvard High School reports 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of McHenry County's rate of about 35%.

With demographic context factored in, Harvard High School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.8%; Harvard High School posts 19.7%, -26.1 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (McHenry County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $104,802 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, McHenry County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,123 students), of which Harvard High School is one.

The closest other public school is Jefferson Elem School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Harvard High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harvard High School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.3%.

Harvard High School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Harvard High School's enrollment has ticked up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 718 (now 815). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 65% to 74%.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.