HARRY C. MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HARRY C. MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in FORT SMITH, Arkansas, run under FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 493 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 27 schools and 14,164 students, HARRY C. MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HARRY C. MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 16% White, 16% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HARRY C. MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting HARRY C. MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sebastian County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HARRY C. MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Sebastian County) logs that median household earnings sit near $57,790, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. HARRY C. MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 44 public schools in Sebastian County (combined enrollment of about 20,239 students).

The closest other public school is TRUSTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HARRY C. MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HARRY C. MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 24.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HARRY C. MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged up 29%, going from 381 students in 2018 to 493 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 47% to 56% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

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