Port Huron High School was originally located at what is now the site of St. Clair Community College.

In 1957, the high school moved to its current location and building.

[4] In 2024, the U.S. News & World Report ranked Port Huron High School as between 480th and 673rd in the state.

[5] PHHS athletic teams competed in the Eastern Michigan League (EML) until the 1990s; upon dissolution of the EML, PHHS joined the Macomb Area Conference (MAC).

The athletic teams are known as the "Red Hawks", a reference to the school colors—red, white and black.