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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Harrison Elementary School?
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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVINGSTON BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340882002136
Harrison Elementary School
148 North Livingston Ave, LIVINGSTON, NJ 07039 · (973) 535-8000 · Essex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Harrison Elementary School→Mount Pleasant Middle School→Heritage Middle School→Livingston High School
Based on grade levels within Livingston Board of Education School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
86.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
84.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.7% | 84.4% |
| 2023-24 | 88.3% | 84.8% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Harrison Elementary School
Harrison Elementary School's state test result (82.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Elementary School this school | 522 | 0.6% | 82.9% |
| Mount Prospect Elementary School Basking Ridge | 522 | 0.6% | 86.4% |
| Hillside Elementary School LIVINGSTON | 476 | 2.7% | 80.2% |
| Village Elementary School Skillman | 591 | 7.1% | 70.9% |
| Dutch Neck Elementary School West Windsor | 557 | 8.6% | 64.2% |
| Hatikvah International Academy Charter School East Brunswick | 657 | 8.8% | 81.9% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Harrison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.9% | #21 of 1,290 | #5 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #38 of 1,319 ▼ 12 | #7 of 141 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.7% | #32 of 1,319 ▼ 16 | #5 of 141 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #357 of 1,562 | #47 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #1,003 of 1,390 | #55 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #666 of 1,392 | #44 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 0.6% | #1,480 of 1,481 | #141 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.3% | #220 of 545 | #31 of 61 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
522
+69 (+15%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 522 | 41.7 | 12.5:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 40.2 | 12.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 41 | 11.9:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 38 | 11.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 36 | 13.0:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 40 | 11.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 26 | 20.5:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 27 | 15.6:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 358 | 24 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (469 to 522); teachers up 16% (36 to 41.7).
About Harrison Elementary School
Harrison Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in LIVINGSTON, New Jersey, administered by Livingston Board of Education School District. There are 522 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 29% bigger than the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Livingston Board of Education School District has 9 schools and 6,352 students, and Harrison Elementary School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Harrison Elementary School is 62% Asian. Other groups make up 25% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Essex County as a whole is about 6% Asian, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Harrison Elementary School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 41.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.5:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 11.4:1. Roughly 1% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Essex County is 54%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Harrison Elementary School outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Harrison Elementary School is among the top 10% of schools in New Jersey. Predicted: 65.8%. Actual: 82.9%.
In the wider Essex County area, the median household earns about $80,789 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Harrison Elementary School shares Essex County with 248 other public schools.
Harrison Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Mount Pleasant Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Harrison Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Harrison Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Harrison Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 522, from 453 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livingston Board of Education School District
- Livingston High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 994 students
- Mount Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Riker Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Collins Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
Other schools in LIVINGSTON
- Livingston High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 994 students
- Mount Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Riker Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Collins Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
Other Harrison Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 15 states are named Harrison Elementary. Harrison Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 22.
- Harrison Elementary SchoolROSELLE, NJ · 325 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolChattanooga, TN · 775 students
- Harrison ElementaryStockton, CA · 640 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolHarrison, OH · 604 students
- Harrison ElementaryRiverside, CA · 571 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Pleasant Middle School0.7 mi · 530
- Mount Pleasant Elementary School0.7 mi · 407
- Riker Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 477
- Hillside Elementary School1.1 mi · 476
- Lester C Noecker1.3 mi · 451
- Livingston High School1.4 mi · 2,081
Frequently asked questions
About Harrison Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harrison Elementary School?
Harrison Elementary School enrolls approximately 522 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Harrison Elementary School serve?
Harrison Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harrison Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harrison Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Harrison Elementary School?
Student demographics at Harrison Elementary School are roughly 25% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 62% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Harrison Elementary School public or private?
Harrison Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Livingston Board of Education School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.