Enrollment
345
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH HARRISON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341527002628
South Harrison Elementary School
904 MULLICA HILL RD, HARRISONVILLE, NJ 08039 · (856) 769-0855 · Gloucester County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.1:1
38 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
40 students
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 | 60 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 39% smaller than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
56.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 45.7% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 South Harrison Elementary School
South Harrison Elementary School's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Harrison Elementary School this school | 345 | 11.6% | 49.2% |
| Kingwood Township School FRENCHTOWN | 341 | 11.1% | 48.7% |
| Old Farmers Road School LONG VALLEY | 345 | 9.0% | 64.2% |
| Indian Mills Elementary School SHAMONG | 347 | 8.4% | 57.4% |
| Springfield Township School JOBSTOWN | 297 | 12.5% | 50.3% |
| Wolf Hill School OCEANPORT | 354 | 6.8% | 62.7% |
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 South Harrison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Gloucester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #539 of 1,290 | #13 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #495 of 1,319 ▲ 151 | #11 of 35 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #577 of 1,319 ▲ 159 | #12 of 35 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #924 of 1,562 | #30 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #151 of 1,390 | #1 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.9% | #1,285 of 1,392 | #45 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.6% | #1,210 of 1,481 | #45 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #597 of 798 | #15 of 21 |
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
345
+30 (+10%) vs 2020
+81% since 1990-91, when it was 191
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 345 | 38 | 9.1:1 | 12% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 32 | 10.9:1 | 12% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 25 | 13.3:1 | 14% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 32 | 9.8:1 | 13% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 30.2 | 12.1:1 | 13% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 11% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 232 | 20 | 11.6:1 | 15% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 191 | 14 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Harrison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (365 to 345); teachers up 26% (30.2 to 38).
About South Harrison Elementary School
South Harrison Elementary School is an elementary school in HARRISONVILLE, New Jersey, and it is part of South Harrison Township School District. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 345 students.
South Harrison Township School District is the district for South Harrison Elementary School.
About 88% of the student body at South Harrison Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. Among people living in Gloucester County, the White share is about 76%. South Harrison Elementary School's diversity index is 23%, against a US figure of 70%.
South Harrison Elementary School operates with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.1:1. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 9.1:1 here. South Harrison Elementary School reports 12% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 32% average for public schools in Gloucester County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for South Harrison Elementary School is C+. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 35% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
South Harrison Elementary School is 10.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (49.2% versus 59.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Among Gloucester County residents, the median household income is $105,115, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Besides South Harrison Elementary School, Gloucester County has 85 other public schools.
The school nearest to South Harrison Elementary School is William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center, at a distance of about 3.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, South Harrison Elementary School is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put South Harrison Elementary School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
Federal data show a 10% enrollment gain, from 315 in 2020-21 to 345 in 2024-25.
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Gloucester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
306,954
Census ACS
Median income
$105,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
46,080 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other South Harrison Elementary schools
One other US public school is named South Harrison Elementary. South Harrison Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- SOUTH HARRISON ELEM.BETHANY, MO · 269 students
Nearby schools
- William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center3.7 mi · 113
- Woodstown High School4.0 mi · 550
- Woodstown Middle School4.0 mi · 303
- Mary S. Shoemaker School4.1 mi · 528
- Harrison Township Elementary School4.5 mi · 768
- Walter Hill School4.5 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About South Harrison Elementary SchoolHow large is South Harrison Elementary School?
South Harrison Elementary School enrolls approximately 345 students in grades PK-06.
Is South Harrison Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Harrison Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at South Harrison Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at South Harrison Elementary School is approximately 9.1:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at South Harrison Elementary School?
At South Harrison Elementary School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is South Harrison Elementary School public or private?
South Harrison Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Harrison Township School District.
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