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What's the most underrated thing about Harrison High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
795
High
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340687002738
Harrison High School
401 Kingsland Avenue, HARRISON, NJ 07029 · (973) 482-5050 · Hudson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL795 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
716 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 230 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 200 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 187 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 178 | 22% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Harrison Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
34.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -24.8pp since 2023
Math
16.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.7% | 16.3% |
| 2023-24 | 59.5% | 16.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 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 High School
Harrison High School's state test result (25.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison High School this school | 795 | 90.1% | 25.0% |
| Lakewood High School LAKEWOOD | 1,295 | 92.0% | 33.6% |
| Bound Brook High School Bound Brook | 579 | 83.6% | 19.9% |
| Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering Passaic | 650 | 100.0% | 56.1% |
| Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy Elizabeth | 1,015 | 81.3% | 40.0% |
| Passaic Preparatory Academy Passaic | 710 | 100.0% | 34.3% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #292 of 397 | #15 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #280 of 400 ▲ 15 | #13 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #285 of 395 ▼ 84 | #14 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 795 | #230 of 442 | #9 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #364 of 388 | #18 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #371 of 389 | #16 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #6 of 405 | #1 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.7% | #77 of 173 | #4 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
795
+124 (+18%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 795 | 50 | 15.9:1 | 90% (716) |
| 2023-24 | 784 | 53 | 14.8:1 | 84% (655) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 51 | 14.0:1 | 82% (585) |
| 2020-21 | 671 | 54 | 12.4:1 | 83% (560) |
| 2017-18 | 712 | 54.3 | 13.1:1 | 85% (602) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 56 | 12.2:1 | 85% (583) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 51 | 12.2:1 | 78% (485) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 5% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 694 | 48 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrison High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (712 to 795); teachers down 8% (54.3 to 50).
About Harrison High School
Harrison High School is the name of a medium-sized high school in HARRISON, New Jersey. It serves 795 students in grades 9 through 12.
Harrison Public Schools has 5 schools; together they serve 2,192 students.
Harrison High School enrolls a student body that is 87% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% White, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. In Hudson County overall, about 41% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Harrison High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 23%.
A ratio of 15.9:1 comes from the school's 50 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, high schools in New Jersey average 12.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 90% in 2024-25. Compared with the 68% average for public schools in Hudson County, the school's rate is higher.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Harrison High School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 25.0% actual against 16.9% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Hudson County, median household income is about $91,795, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Hudson County number 130 and enroll about 86,216.
The closest public school, Washington Middle School, is about 0.4 miles from Harrison High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Harrison High School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Harrison High School had 671 students in 2020-21 and 795 in 2024-25, an 18% rise. The ratio was 12.4:1 in 2020-21 and 15.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harrison Public Schools
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 466 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
- Hamilton Intermediate SchoolElementary · 295 students
Other schools in HARRISON
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 466 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
- Hamilton Intermediate SchoolElementary · 295 students
Other Harrison High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Harrison High. Harrison High School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Harrison High SchoolKennesaw, GA · 2,224 students
- Harrison High SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 1,089 students
- HARRISON HIGH SCHOOLHARRISON, NY · 1,066 students
- HARRISON HIGH SCHOOLHARRISON, AR · 843 students
- Harrison High SchoolHarrison, MT · 9 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Middle School0.4 mi · 466
- Kennedy Elementary School0.4 mi · 330
- Franklin Elementary School0.4 mi · 950
- Lincoln Elementary School0.4 mi · 306
- East Newark Elementary School0.5 mi · 176
- Hamilton Intermediate School0.6 mi · 295
Frequently asked questions
About Harrison High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harrison High School?
Harrison High School enrolls approximately 795 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Harrison High School serve?
Harrison High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Harrison High School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Harrison High School.
How diverse is Harrison High School?
Harrison High School reports a student body of 6% White, 87% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian.
Is Harrison High School public or private?
Harrison High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harrison Public Schools.
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