HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL

HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL is one of the heavily attended four-year high schools in HARRISON, New York, overseen by HARRISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,066 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL sits 60% bigger than that benchmark.

HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL is one of 6 schools operated by HARRISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 3,792 students overall.

Demographically, HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 62%; the rest breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 52% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 104 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.8%, the actual is 80.7%, a residual of +14.8 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Westchester County) shows that median household earnings sit near $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

Nearest neighbor: LOUIS M KLEIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,075 (now 1,066). Over the same period, the White share fell from 69% to 62%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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