Harrison Elementary School

Harrison Elementary School is an average-sized elementary-level community in Davenport, Iowa, overseen by Davenport Comm School District. The school serves 459 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 41% larger than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Within Davenport Comm School District, which oversees 27 schools and 12,812 students, Harrison Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Harrison Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Black, 14% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the resource side, On paper, Harrison Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Scott County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, Harrison Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.9%; this one delivers 66.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Scott County put median household income runs about $78,277, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Scott County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students), Harrison Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

North High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harrison Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 49.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harrison Elementary School has edged down 13%, going from 530 students in 2018 to 459 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 46% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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