Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSELLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341428005652
Harrison Elementary School
310 HARRISON AVE, ROSELLE, NJ 07203 · (908) 298-2052 · Union County
GRADES 01–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
10.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
258 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 20% |
This year's 1st grade class (78) is 18% larger than its 4th grade class (66).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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→Leonard V Moore Middle School→Grace Wilday Junior High School→Abraham Clark High School
Based on grade levels within Roselle Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
41.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 41.8% |
| 2023-24 | 47.8% | 40.8% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% 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 22 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 (44.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Elementary School this school | 325 | 79.4% | 44.6% |
| Darlene C. McKnight Elementary TRENTON | 350 | 78.6% | 4.5% |
| Delair Elementary School DELAIR | 301 | 82.1% | 23.9% |
| Lalor Elementary School HAMILTON | 351 | 83.2% | 14.9% |
| Geraldyn O Foster Early Childhood Center BRIDGETON | 316 | 73.4% | N/A |
| Paul S. Robeson Elementary School TRENTON | 390 | 81.8% | 3.9% |
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 Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #645 of 1,290 | #34 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #755 of 1,319 ▼ 20 | #35 of 93 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #762 of 1,319 ▼ 34 | #44 of 93 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #1,010 of 1,562 | #74 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #482 of 1,390 | #14 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #909 of 1,392 | #65 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.4% | #221 of 1,481 | #33 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #529 of 545 | #40 of 42 |
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
325
+57 (+21%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 300
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 8.1:1
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 | 325 | 31 | 10.5:1 | 79% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 37 | 8.4:1 | 66% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 27.5 | 11.1:1 | 62% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 33 | 8.1:1 | 69% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 19 | 17.0:1 | 83% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 85% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 75% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 332 | 21 | 15.8:1 | 57% (190) |
| 1990-91 | 300 | 16 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (323 to 325); teachers up 63% (19 to 31).
About Harrison Elementary School
Harrison Elementary School is a small elementary school serving families in ROSELLE, New Jersey. Classes run from 1 through 4, and the school has 325 students.
Roselle Public School District enrolls 3,147 students, and its 7 schools include Harrison Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, Harrison Elementary School is 69% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 25% Black and 3% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Union County's population at about 35%. The chance that two students picked at random at Harrison Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 46%.
The count of teachers at Harrison Elementary School is 31 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 10.5:1. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. The school counts 258 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 79%. The rate at public schools in Union County averages 52%, lower than here.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Harrison Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After accounting for student poverty, Harrison Elementary School is in the top 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.6% is 21.9 points above the 22.7% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Union County show that median household income is about $103,202, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Harrison Elementary School is one of 180 public schools in Union County, which together enroll about 99,046 students.
Kindergarten Success Academy is the public school closest to Harrison Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Harrison Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 325 was 21% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 268. Students per teacher rose from 8.1 in 2020-21 to 10.5 in 2024-25.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roselle Public School District
- Abraham Clark High SchoolHigh · 926 students
- Leonard V Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 485 students
- Grace Wilday Junior High SchoolMiddle · 482 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Dr. Charles C. Polk SchoolElementary · 315 students
- Kindergarten Success AcademyElementary · 217 students
Other schools in ROSELLE
- Abraham Clark High SchoolHigh · 926 students
- Leonard V Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 485 students
- Grace Wilday Junior High SchoolMiddle · 482 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Dr. Charles C. Polk SchoolElementary · 315 students
- Kindergarten Success AcademyElementary · 217 students
Other Harrison Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 15 states are named Harrison Elementary. Harrison Elementary School is the 13th largest of the 22.
- Harrison Elementary SchoolLIVINGSTON, NJ · 522 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
- Kindergarten Success Academy0.5 mi · 217
- Sherman Elementary School0.6 mi · 364
- Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery HS0.6 mi · 10
- Abraham Clark High School0.6 mi · 926
- Dr. Charles C. Polk School0.8 mi · 315
- Victor Mravlag School No. 210.8 mi · 634
Frequently asked questions
About Harrison Elementary SchoolHow large is Harrison Elementary School?
Harrison Elementary School enrolls approximately 325 students in grades 01-04.
What grades does Harrison Elementary School serve?
Harrison Elementary School serves grades 01-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harrison Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harrison Elementary School is approximately 10.5:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Harrison Elementary School?
Student demographics at Harrison Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 69% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Harrison Elementary School in?
Harrison Elementary School is part of Roselle Public School District.
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