Henry E. Harris Community School

Henry E. Harris Community School is an elementary-level community of roomy scale in BAYONNE, New Jersey, overseen by Bayonne School District, instructing 657 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 62% above the state mean of about 405.

Within Bayonne School District, which oversees 13 schools and 10,325 students, Henry E. Harris Community School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Henry E. Harris Community School lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 28% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 32% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Henry E. Harris Community School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.8%; this one delivers 33.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Hudson County) logs that median household earnings sit near $91,795, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Hudson County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), Henry E. Harris Community School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mary J Donohoe Community School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Henry E. Harris Community School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Henry E. Harris Community School has declined 4%, going from 683 students in 2018 to 657 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 39% to 28%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.