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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT RE-1·NCES 080279000173
Harrison School
920 FIELD AVENUE, CANON CITY, CO 81212 · (719) 276-5970 · Fremont County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
335 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 5% smaller than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Harrison School→Canon City High School
Based on grade levels within Fremont Re-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
35.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
20.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% | 20.6% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 17.3% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Harrison School
Harrison School's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison School this school | 472 | 71.0% | 30.3% |
| Washington Elementary School CANON CITY | 319 | 67.1% | 21.2% |
| Pear Park Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 428 | 70.8% | 26.9% |
| Garnet Mesa Elementary School DELTA | 488 | 63.3% | 37.1% |
| Fruitvale Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 358 | 70.1% | 27.3% |
| Cedaredge Elementary School CEDAREDGE | 346 | 59.8% | 41.0% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Harrison School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Fremont County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #577 of 931 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #702 of 940 ▲ 49 | #6 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #567 of 946 ▼ 24 | #5 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #286 of 1,056 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #98 of 896 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.5% | #724 of 896 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.0% | #258 of 983 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.9% | #110 of 664 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
472
-154 (-25%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 472 | 37.2 | 12.7:1 | 71% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 38.7 | 12.6:1 | 76% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 41.5 | 13.4:1 | 71% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 626 | 45 | 13.9:1 | 73% (459) |
| 2017-18 | 673 | 45.6 | 14.8:1 | 71% (481) |
| 2015-16 | 744 | 46 | 16.2:1 | 65% (482) |
| 2010-11 | 767 | 43 | 17.8:1 | 61% (469) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 35% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 373 | 20 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrison School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (673 to 472); teachers down 19% (45.6 to 37.2).
About Harrison School
Harrison School is a medium-sized elementary school based in CANON CITY, Colorado. Classes run from kindergarten through 8, and the school has 472 students. Against the 379-student average for elementary schools in Colorado, enrollment here is 25% higher.
Fremont Re-1 runs Harrison School along with 7 other schools, enrolling 3,191 students in total.
At 77%, White students outnumber all other groups at Harrison School combined. Other students are 17% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Harrison School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 38%.
Harrison School counts 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.7 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Colorado, the typical ratio is 16.6:1. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Fremont County, the average is 55%.
The allk12 Grade for Harrison School is B-. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 52% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 23.7% for a school in Colorado with Harrison School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Harrison School posts 30.3%.
Federal survey data for Fremont County show that median household income is about $62,664, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 13 public schools operate in Fremont County, serving about 4,640 students.
Mount View Core Knowledge Charter School is located about 0.2 miles from Harrison School. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Nearby schools with test data average 34.3% proficiency; Harrison School posts 30.3%.
Harrison School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 472, 25% below the 626 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 12.7 students per teacher, compared with 13.9 in 2020-21.
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Fremont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,634
Census ACS
Median income
$62,664
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,640 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fremont Re-1
- Canon City High SchoolHigh · 936 students
- Canon City Middle SchoolMiddle · 382 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
- Canon Exploratory SchoolElementary · 316 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- Lincoln School of Science and TechnologyElementary · 254 students
Other schools in CANON CITY
- Canon City High SchoolHigh · 936 students
- Canon City Middle SchoolMiddle · 382 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
- Canon Exploratory SchoolElementary · 316 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- Lincoln School of Science and TechnologyElementary · 254 students
Other Harrison schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Harrison. Harrison School is the largest of the 3.
- Harrison SchoolWest Caldwell, NJ · 39 students
- Harrison SchoolHarrison, MT · 36 students
Nearby schools
- Mount View Core Knowledge Charter School0.2 mi · 250
- Canon Exploratory School1.8 mi · 316
- Canon City High School1.8 mi · 936
- Canon City Middle School2.0 mi · 382
- Washington Elementary School2.1 mi · 319
- McKinley Elementary School2.5 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About Harrison SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harrison School?
Harrison School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Harrison School serve?
Harrison School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Harrison School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Harrison School.
What is the student diversity at Harrison School?
Student demographics at Harrison School are roughly 77% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Harrison School in?
Harrison School is part of Fremont Re-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.