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Harbor Junior/Senior High School

300 N. Williams St., Aberdeen, WA 98520 · (360) 538-2180 · Grays Harbor County
GRADES 07–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL128 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Washington public high schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public high schools

Enrollment
128
High
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 573
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
105 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 775%
Grade 81411%
Grade 92217%
Grade 102016%
Grade 112822%
Grade 123729%
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 68% · US 70%
White
7659%
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 47% · US 43%
Hispanic
2721%
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 27% · US 30%
Black
54%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
11%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 9% · US 6%
Two+
1310%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 9% · US 5%
Native American
65%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
5140%
Female
7760%

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Test scores

Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded Standard
English Language Arts
19.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +0.9pp since 2016

What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Washington average is about 58 of 100. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2016.

Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language Arts
2024-2519.6%
2023-2429.4%
2022-2328.0%
2021-2222.2%
2018-1927.8%
2016-1718.8%
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Harbor Junior/Senior High School

Harbor Junior/Senior High School's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Harbor Junior/Senior High School this school12882.0%23.6%
Concrete High School
Concrete
21980.4%28.1%
Northport High School
Northport
5882.8%64.4%
Soap Lake Middle & High School
SOAP LAKE
26382.5%15.3%
Mary Walker High School
SPRINGDALE
15168.9%28.3%
Oroville Middle-High School
Oroville
24370.0%40.1%
Matched among Washington high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Harbor Junior/Senior High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WashingtonIn Grays Harbor County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
23.6%#252 of 271#8 of 8
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
19.6%#319 of 327
▼ 6
#8 of 8
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
128#361 of 570#8 of 14
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
82.0%#23 of 386#1 of 8
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
128
+69 (+117%) vs 2020
+198% since 1990-91, when it was 43
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 59.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251287.716.6:182% (105)
2023-241193.831.1:183% (99)
2022-231246.918.1:180% (99)
2020-2159159.0:164% (38)
2017-181057.813.4:178% (82)
2015-16131718.7:170% (92)
2010-11130914.4:178% (102)
2000-012681124.4:1N/A
1990-9143221.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harbor Junior/Senior High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 22% (105 to 128); teachers down 2% (7.8 to 7.7).

About Harbor Junior/Senior High School

Harbor Junior/Senior High School is a very small high school in Aberdeen School District, located in Aberdeen, Washington. The school runs grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 128 students. High schools in Washington have about 573 students on average; enrollment here is 78% lower.

Aberdeen School District is the local district for Harbor Junior/Senior High School. It runs 13 schools with 3,183 students.

Of every 100 students at Harbor Junior/Senior High School, about 59 are White. It is also 21% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Native American, and 4% Black. Grays Harbor County's residents are about 79% White, 19 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Harbor Junior/Senior High School scores 59%.

Harbor Junior/Senior High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1, with 7.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in Washington average 21.6:1. The school has 82% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 65% for public schools in Grays Harbor County.

Harbor Junior/Senior High School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of Washington public high schools.

In Washington, Harbor Junior/Senior High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 23.6% actual against a predicted 25.2%.

For the population of Grays Harbor County, median household income comes to about $64,414, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Grays Harbor County counts 46 public schools with about 10,564 students.

Grays Harbor Academy sits less than a tenth of a mile from Harbor Junior/Senior High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 32.0%, higher than Harbor Junior/Senior High School's 23.6%.

Locale: Town: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 59 to 128. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 59.0:1 to 16.6:1.

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Grays Harbor County at a glance

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Population
77,053
Census ACS
Median income
$64,414
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
10,564 students

Quick facts

School name
Harbor Junior/Senior High School
District
Aberdeen School District
Address
300 N. Williams St., Aberdeen, WA 98520
Phone
(360) 538-2180
County
Grays Harbor County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
128
Teachers (FTE)
8
Student–teacher ratio
16.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
105 (82%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
530003000002
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Harbor Junior/Senior High School
What is the total enrollment at Harbor Junior/Senior High School?
Harbor Junior/Senior High School enrolls approximately 128 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Harbor Junior/Senior High School serve?
Harbor Junior/Senior High School serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Harbor Junior/Senior High School have?
Harbor Junior/Senior High School employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Harbor Junior/Senior High School?
Student demographics at Harbor Junior/Senior High School are roughly 59% White, 21% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Harbor Junior/Senior High School in?
Harbor Junior/Senior High School is part of Aberdeen School District.
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