Harrison Elementary

Located at 2901 Harrison St., in Riverside, California, Harrison Elementary is a medium-sized elementary-level community that teaches 571 students (grades K through 6), operated by Riverside Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 23% bigger than typical.

Within Riverside Unified, which oversees 48 schools and 38,002 students, Harrison Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Harrison Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 11% White, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Harrison Elementary reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.0:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Harrison Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 36.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Harrison Elementary is one.

Arlington High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Harrison Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.2%.

Harrison Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harrison Elementary has increased 8%, going from 527 students in 2018 to 571 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 24% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Harrison Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.