Harrison Elementary School

Harrison Elementary School is a close-knit elementary campus in ROSELLE, New Jersey, overseen by Roselle Public School District. The school educates 325 students in grades 1 through 4.

Roselle Public School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,147 students. Harrison Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Harrison Elementary School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%; the rest looks like 25% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at Harrison Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Union County's rate of about 52%.

After controlling for student poverty, Harrison Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 22.7%; Harrison Elementary School posts 44.6%, +21.9 points above that line.

Around the school, Union County reports that median household income runs about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Harrison Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kindergarten Success Academy, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harrison Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 31.6%.

Harrison Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harrison Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 323 students in 2018 to 325 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 38% to 25%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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