Harrison School

Located at 920 FIELD AVENUE, in CANON CITY, Colorado, Harrison School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that instructs 472 students (grades K through 8), run under Fremont Re-1. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Harrison School sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Fremont Re-1, which oversees 8 schools and 3,191 students, Harrison School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Harrison School lists that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder comes out to 17% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Harrison School reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 71% of students at Harrison School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fremont County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Harrison School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Fremont County put median household earnings sit near $62,664, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Harrison School is one of 13 public schools in Fremont County (combined enrollment of about 4,640 students).

The closest other public school is Mount View Core Knowledge Charter School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harrison School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.3%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Harrison School's enrollment has decreased 30% since 2018, when it stood at 673 (now 472). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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