Harrison Elementary

Set in Harrison, Maine, Harrison Elementary is a modestly sized elementary school, operated by RSU 17/MSAD 17. It enrolls 105 students across grades 3 through 6. That puts it 54% below the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 229 students.

Within RSU 17/MSAD 17, which oversees 11 schools and 3,197 students, Harrison Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Harrison Elementary reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 4% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Harrison Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cumberland County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cumberland County put median household income runs about $95,677, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Harrison Elementary is one of 99 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 38,224 students).

Nearest neighbor: Stevens Brook School, around 2.8 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 111 students in 2018 compared to 105 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 97% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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