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Harrison Elementary School

1032 W 53rd St, Davenport, IA 52806 · (563) 723-6500 · Scott County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Iowa public elementary schools
  • CTest 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 Iowa public elementary schools

Enrollment
459
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 325
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
239 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten7115%
Grade 17216%
Grade 27817%
Grade 39020%
Grade 47216%
Grade 57617%

This year's kindergarten class (71) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).

Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 48% · US 70%
White
21146%
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 70% · US 43%
Hispanic
5813%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 14% · US 30%
Black
11124%
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Asian
143%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
6414%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
22649%
Female
23351%

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Test scores

ISASP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
64.3%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
74.9%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.

ISASP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2564.3%74.9%
2023-2466.2%68.9%
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 Elementary School

Harrison Elementary School's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Harrison Elementary School this school45952.1%66.6%
McKinley Elementary School
Davenport
42147.7%61.0%
Eisenhower Elementary School
Davenport
41248.1%67.0%
Truman Elementary School
Davenport
43458.3%53.1%
Grant Wood Elementary School
Bettendorf
43347.3%68.9%
Adams Elementary School
Davenport
49857.2%48.8%
Matched among Iowa 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 Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IowaIn Scott County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
66.6%#388 of 564#19 of 31
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
74.9%#305 of 564
▲ 85
#16 of 31
▲ 4
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
64.3%#412 of 564
▼ 58
#20 of 31
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
459#136 of 705#8 of 34
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.4:1#275 of 561#12 of 29
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
69.4%#52 of 561#10 of 29
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
52.1%#191 of 666#12 of 33
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-13.4%#174 of 359#5 of 16
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 2024-25
Enrollment
459
-50 (-10%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2545934.213.4:152% (239)
2023-2453936.314.9:151% (277)
2022-2350833.415.2:147% (240)
2020-215093315.4:140% (203)
2017-1853031.616.8:144% (235)
2015-165283017.6:150% (266)
2010-115783317.5:139% (225)
2000-014492816.0:122% (97)
1990-915723118.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrison Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 13% (530 to 459); teachers up 8% (31.6 to 34.2).

About Harrison Elementary School

Harrison Elementary School is an elementary school in Davenport, Iowa, according to federal school records. It reports enrollment of 459 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Iowa enroll around 325, and this school is 41% bigger than that mark.

Davenport Comm School District has 12,812 students spread across 27 schools.

No group is above 50% at Harrison Elementary School; the largest is White, at 46%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Black, 14% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 79%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Harrison Elementary School scores 69%.

Harrison Elementary School has 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. That is in line with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. At Harrison Elementary School, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 38% average for public schools in Scott County is 14 points lower.

On the allk12 Grade, Harrison Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 34% of Iowa public elementary schools.

Test results at Harrison Elementary School are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (66.6% actual, 65.9% predicted).

For Scott County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $78,277, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 53 public schools and about 26,100 students.

The closest school to Harrison Elementary School is North High School, located about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Harrison Elementary School. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Harrison Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.

Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.

The school's enrollment fell 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.4:1 to 13.4:1.

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Scott County at a glance

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Population
174,608
Census ACS
Median income
$78,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
26,100 students

Quick facts

School name
Harrison Elementary School
District
Davenport Comm School District
Address
1032 W 53rd St, Davenport, IA 52806
Phone
(563) 723-6500
County
Scott County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
459
Teachers (FTE)
34
Student–teacher ratio
13.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
239 (52%)
Locale
12-City: Mid-size
NCES ID
190858000469
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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21 other US public schools in 15 states are named Harrison Elementary. Harrison Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 22.

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Frequently asked questions

About Harrison Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Harrison Elementary School?
Harrison Elementary School enrolls approximately 459 students in grades KG-05.
Is Harrison Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harrison Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Harrison Elementary School have?
Harrison Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
How diverse is Harrison Elementary School?
Harrison Elementary School reports a student body of 46% White, 13% Hispanic, 24% Black, 3% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Harrison Elementary School in?
Harrison Elementary School is part of Davenport Comm School District.
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