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Harbor Creek Senior HS
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Harbor Creek Senior HS
Set in Harborcreek, Pennsylvania, Harbor Creek Senior HS is a medium-sized four-year high school, part of Harbor Creek SD. It caters to 692 students across grades 9 through 12.
Harbor Creek SD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,079 students. Harbor Creek Senior HS is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Harbor Creek Senior HS reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.
Looking at school resources, Harbor Creek Senior HS lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Erie County's rate of about 74%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Harbor Creek Senior HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.3%, the actual is 66.4%, a residual of +7.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Erie County put the typical household earns roughly $63,354 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Erie County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students), of which Harbor Creek Senior HS is one.
Nearest neighbor: Harbor Creek Junior HS, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harbor Creek Senior HS. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harbor Creek Senior HS ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.4%.
Harbor Creek Senior HS operates from an outlying location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 696 students in 2018 compared to 692 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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