Jerome Harrison School

Set in North Branford, Connecticut, Jerome Harrison School is a mid-tier elementary campus, operated by North Branford School District. It caters to 385 students across grades pre-K through 2.

North Branford School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,537 students. Jerome Harrison School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Jerome Harrison School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest comes out to 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, South Central Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against South Central Connecticut Planning Region (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for South Central Connecticut Planning Region shows median household earnings sit near $88,197, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Jerome Harrison School is one of 152 public schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students).

The closest other public school is North Branford Intermediate School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jerome Harrison School has changed only slightly, going from 380 students in 2018 to 385 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 91% to 82% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.