Robert M Larson Elementary School

Robert M Larson Elementary School is an elementary school of substantial scale in HARRISON, Michigan, one of the schools within Harrison Community Schools, caters to 582 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 58% larger than the state mean of about 369.

Within Harrison Community Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 1,184 students, Robert M Larson Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Robert M Larson Elementary School shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Clare County (around 65%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Robert M Larson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.4%; this one delivers 24.1%.

In the surrounding community, Clare County reports that the typical household earns roughly $49,384 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Clare County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,785 students), of which Robert M Larson Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Harrison Alternative Education, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Robert M Larson Elementary School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Robert M Larson Elementary School's enrollment has increased 69% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 582). Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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