HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as an intimate elementary school in NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, one of the schools within PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 187 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 55% smaller than that benchmark.

PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 12,586 students; HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 10% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Pulaski County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 35.1%; HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 7.6%, -27.4 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Pulaski County put the typical household earns roughly $62,873 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Pulaski County runs 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), of which HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is LISA ACADEMY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 29.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 211 (now 187). Black enrollment moved from 76% to 72% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, the feed for HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.