Harrison Elementary School

Set in South Bend, Indiana, Harrison Elementary School is an average-sized K-5 school, one of the schools within South Bend Community School Corp. It serves 555 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% larger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Harrison Elementary School is one of 29 schools operated by South Bend Community School Corp, a district that educates 13,585 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Harrison Elementary School lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school records 30% Black, 6% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Harrison Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at Harrison Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than St. Joseph County's rate of about 46%.

After controlling for student poverty, Harrison Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.6%, the actual is 12.5%, a residual of -11.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for St. Joseph County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,868, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Harrison Elementary School is one of 73 public schools in St. Joseph County (combined enrollment of about 35,614 students).

Nearest neighbor: Excel Center - South Bend, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harrison Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harrison Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 15.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Harrison Elementary School's enrollment has declined 11% since 2018, when it stood at 626 (now 555). Class-load math has fell: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.