Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH GLENS FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362724003715
HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
76 HARRISON AVE, SOUTH GLENS FALLS, NY 12803 · (518) 793-9048 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
182 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 58%
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 | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 11% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 45% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 72% · 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
Based on grade levels within SOUTH GLENS FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
34.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 39.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for New York 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 York'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 AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 294 | 61.9% | 33.8% |
| FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL CORTLAND | 291 | 61.5% | 29.6% |
| DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELEVAN | 337 | 61.4% | 43.6% |
| SPENCER-VAN ETTEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VAN ETTEN | 333 | 61.9% | 36.9% |
| MIDDLEBURGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURGH | 330 | 59.4% | 40.1% |
| WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHITEHALL | 332 | 62.0% | 21.0% |
Matched among New York 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 AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #1,888 of 2,335 | #109 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,866 of 2,342 ▼ 129 | #109 of 127 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,030 of 2,343 ▼ 204 | #117 of 127 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #2,032 of 2,585 | #126 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,595 of 2,338 | #94 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.6% | #2,228 of 2,388 | #140 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.9% | #1,120 of 2,534 | #33 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #1,606 of 1,757 | #89 of 100 |
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
294
+53 (+22%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 294 | 22.8 | 12.9:1 | 62% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 23.4 | 11.4:1 | 59% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 19.6 | 13.4:1 | 53% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 25 | 9.6:1 | 48% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 303 | 19 | 15.9:1 | 52% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 50% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 31 | 10.4:1 | 30% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 20% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 18 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in SOUTH GLENS FALLS, New York, is HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school. Enrollment is 294 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 34% smaller than average.
SOUTH GLENS FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is the local district for HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It runs 6 schools with 2,883 students.
White students make up 93% of enrollment at HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. In Westchester County overall, about 52% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 14%, meaning two students picked at random have a 14% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates with 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.9:1. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 62% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 38% average for public schools in Westchester County is 24 points lower.
HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 15% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 52.2% at HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.8%.
In Westchester County (population about 999,677), the median household income is $118,976, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in the county.
HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 78.3% on proficiency, and HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 33.8%.
For locale, NCES codes HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment climbed 22% from its 2020-21 level of 241. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.6:1 in 2020-21 to 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTH GLENS FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SOUTH GLENS FALLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 939 students
- OLIVER W WINCH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 631 students
- TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 425 students
- BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 311 students
- MOREAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 283 students
Other schools in SOUTH GLENS FALLS
- SOUTH GLENS FALLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 939 students
- OLIVER W WINCH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 631 students
- TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 425 students
- MOREAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 283 students
Other Harrison Avenue Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Harrison Avenue Elementary. HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHARRISON, NY · 607 students
Nearby schools
- HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 607
- LOUIS M KLEIN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 923
- PARSONS MEMORIAL SCHOOL0.8 mi · 480
- OSBORN SCHOOL1.1 mi · 469
- HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,066
- RYE NECK MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOUTH GLENS FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.