Harrison Elementary

Located at 425 East Harrison Ave., in Pomona, California, Harrison Elementary is a small elementary school that works with 328 students (grades K through 8), part of Pomona Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 29% below typical.

Within Pomona Unified, which oversees 37 schools and 20,422 students, Harrison Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Harrison Elementary records that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 11% Black, 5% White, 4% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Harrison Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.9%, the actual is 19.7%, a residual of -4.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Harrison Elementary is one campus in the mix.

El Roble Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harrison Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harrison Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 359 students in 2018 compared to 328 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 82% to 77% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

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