title: Harbor City International School
text: # Harbor City International School
  
  Harbor City International School, also known as Harbor City or HCIS, is a charter secondary school in Duluth, Minnesota, United States, that opened in fall 2002. It serves students in grades nine through twelve. The school is governed by an eight-member board of directors.
  
  ## History
  
  The school opened in 2002 on the third floor of a 19th-century plumbing supply warehouse in downtown Duluth, which was renovated to provide expandable instructional spaces, "cave" and "get away" spaces, and support for project-based learning. The adaptation received a 2002 DesignShare Award. Two years later the school expanded onto the fourth floor and doubled its enrollment to about 200, and in 2008, with the assistance of a grant, added performance space on the second floor.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  The demographic breakdown of the 231 students enrolled in 2017–18 was:
  
  * Male - 47.2%
  * Female - 52.8%
  * Native American/Alaskan - 3.9%
  * Asian - 3.5%
  * Black - 3.9%
  * Hispanic - 2.6%
  * White - 82.2%
  * Multiracial - 3.9%
  
  34.2% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch. For 2017–18, this was a Title I school.
  
  