Harrison Elementary School

Harrison Elementary School is a K-5 school of tight-knit scale in Lexington, Kentucky, operated by Fayette County, teacheing 207 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 51% smaller than the state mean of about 421.

Fayette County runs 73 schools in total, collectively educating 42,138 students. Harrison Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Harrison Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 20% Hispanic, 16% White, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Harrison Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.2:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fayette County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Harrison Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Fayette County) logs that median household earnings sit near $69,479, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Harrison Elementary School is one of 81 public schools in Fayette County (combined enrollment of about 42,142 students).

Lexington Trad Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Harrison Elementary School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Harrison Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 261 (now 207). White enrollment moved from 24% to 16% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

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