James H. Harrison Elementary

James H. Harrison Elementary is a tight-knit primary school in Laurel, Maryland, part of Prince George's County Public Schools. The school caters to 304 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 37% below the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Prince George's County Public Schools comprises 199 schools with combined enrollment of 132,693 students; James H. Harrison Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, James H. Harrison Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% Black, 4% Asian, 3% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, James H. Harrison Elementary records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, James H. Harrison Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.1%; this one delivers 31.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Prince George's County put median household earnings sit near $101,798, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. James H. Harrison Elementary is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

Nearest neighbor: Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around James H. Harrison Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts James H. Harrison Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 30.9%.

James H. Harrison Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. James H. Harrison Elementary's enrollment has shrank 7% since 2018, when it stood at 328 (now 304). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 41% to 58%.

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