HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in PENFIELD, New York, run under PENFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 479 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

PENFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,651 students. HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 6% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the resource side, HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.6%; this one delivers 73.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Monroe County put median household income runs about $76,382, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 186 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students).

Nearest neighbor: PENFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 68.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 471 students in 2018 compared to 479 in 2025.

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