Other / mixed grade configuration · White Lake, MI

Harbor High School

Federal NCES profile for Harbor High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 45/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 261899001398
0/100100/10045/100
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
59
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Harbor High School earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

45
Resource Index · Typical
53.1%
free-lunch eligible
133
students enrolled

Enrollment

133

Michigan · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

53.1%

vs 54.3% Michigan avg

-2% vs state

What stands out at Harbor High School

Harbor High School is a higher-need, mid-sized combined-grade school in White Lake, Michigan, enrolling 133 students.

Its free-meal eligibility rate of 53.1% lands close to the Michigan typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.

Enrollment of 133 puts it in the smaller third of Michigan schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 90% of the 3,375 Michigan schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Against 176 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #29.

Its student body is predominantly White (86% of enrollment) (diversity index 26/100).

Counselor coverage is strong, about 205 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Discipline events run high: 41 in- and out-of-school suspensions were reported for 133 students in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.

Huron Valley Schools also operates Milford High School (1,193 students) and Lakeland High School (1,012 students) alongside Harbor High School.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Harbor High School compares

Harbor High School on the metrics families compare, against Michigan and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Michigan Michigan avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 53.1% ▼ 2% 54.3% 51.7%
Enrollment 133 top 83% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

133
Bigger than 13% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
53.1%
free-lunch eligible - 2% below the Michigan average of 54.3%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Funding equity
$13,703
per pupil, district-wide - above Michigan avg of $13,507
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.6 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
19
in-school suspensions + 22 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 14.3 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 30.8 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 85.7%
Hispanic or Latino 9.8%
Two or More 3.0%
African American 1.5%

Largest group: White at 85.7% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 25.5/100

Simpson diversity index - at 25.5, Harbor High School is less mixed than the Michigan school average of 36.2.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Huron Valley Schools, which includes Harbor High School.

$13,703
Per student
+1%
vs Michigan
Avg $13,507
-17%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 37.5%
State 52.2%
Federal 10.3%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Harbor High School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Milford High School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data
Lakeland High School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data
Muir Middle School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data
Oak Valley Middle School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data
White Lake Middle School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Harbor High School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Huron Valley Schools · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Michigan, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Harbor High School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Harbor High School

How many students attend Harbor High School?

Harbor High School has 133 students enrolled. It is an alternative school in White Lake, MI.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Harbor High School?

53.1% of students at Harbor High School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Michigan average of 54.3%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Harbor High School?

The largest demographic group at Harbor High School is White at 85.7% of enrollment, in White Lake, MI.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Harbor High School?

Harbor High School has a Resource Investment Index of 45/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

Is Harbor High School a good school?

Harbor High School earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Huron Valley Schools?

Besides Harbor High School, Huron Valley Schools also operates Milford High School (1,193 students), Lakeland High School (1,012 students), and Muir Middle School (656 students). See the Huron Valley Schools district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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