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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Harrisburg Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
850
Elementary
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370053000211
Harrisburg Elementary
3900 Stallings Road, Harrisburg, NC 28075 · (704) 260-6190 · Cabarrus County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL850 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
179 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 137 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 156 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 167 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (167).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
78.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
85.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
82.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Harrisburg Elementary
Harrisburg Elementary's state test result (82.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg Elementary this school | 850 | 21.1% | 82.3% |
| Greensboro Academy Greensboro | 777 | 27.2% | N/A |
| Ballantyne Elementary Charlotte | 745 | 26.2% | 79.0% |
| Baucom Elementary Apex | 675 | 21.2% | 77.7% |
| Polo Ridge Elementary Charlotte | 634 | 18.5% | 91.0% |
| Hawk Ridge Elementary Charlotte | 640 | 19.5% | 82.9% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Harrisburg Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cabarrus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #51 of 1,297 | #4 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #56 of 1,296 | #4 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #57 of 1,300 | #3 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 850 | #52 of 1,485 | #9 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,027 of 1,377 | #26 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #162 of 1,379 | #14 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.1% | #1,352 of 1,414 | #24 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #300 of 937 | #3 of 12 |
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
850
+253 (+42%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 850 | 53 | 16.0:1 | 21% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 847 | 56.5 | 15.0:1 | 32% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 774 | 50.9 | 15.2:1 | 26% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 597 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 12% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 1,054 | 56.8 | 18.6:1 | 9% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 980 | 56 | 17.5:1 | 11% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 878 | 51 | 17.2:1 | 14% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 862 | 37 | 23.3:1 | 6% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 31 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrisburg Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (1,054 to 850); teachers down 7% (56.8 to 53).
About Harrisburg Elementary
Harrisburg Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Harrisburg, North Carolina, under Cabarrus County Schools. A total of 850 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina, enrollment here is 82% higher.
Federal data list 44 schools in Cabarrus County Schools, with 35,568 students enrolled.
White students form the largest group at Harrisburg Elementary, 43% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 27% Asian, 17% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In Cabarrus County overall, about 59% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Harrisburg Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
Harrisburg Elementary's 53 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 21%. The gap from the 56% average for public schools in Cabarrus County is 35 points.
The allk12 Grade for Harrisburg Elementary is A. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In North Carolina, Harrisburg Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 82.3% actual against a predicted 72.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Cabarrus County show that median household income is about $89,005, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Harrisburg Elementary is one of 56 public schools in Cabarrus County, which together enroll about 43,278 students.
The nearest public school is Hickory Ridge Middle, at about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Harrisburg Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Harrisburg Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 597 to 850. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.6:1 in 2020-21 to 16.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Cabarrus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
236,133
Census ACS
Median income
$89,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
43,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cabarrus County Schools
- Cox Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,772 students
- Hickory Ridge HighHigh · 1,671 students
- West Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,627 students
- Central Cabarrus HighHigh · 1,369 students
- Harris Road MiddleMiddle · 1,368 students
- Jay M Robinson HighHigh · 1,210 students
Other schools in Harrisburg
- Hickory Ridge HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Hickory Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,057 students
- Hickory Ridge ElementaryElementary · 927 students
- A.C.E. AcademyElementary · 421 students
Other Harrisburg Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Harrisburg Elementary. Harrisburg Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Harrisburg ElementaryIndian Land, SC · 1,161 students
- HARRISBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHARRISBURG, AR · 428 students
- Harrisburg Elementary SchoolHarrisburg, OR · 338 students
- HARRISBURG ELEMENTARYHARRISBURG, MO · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Hickory Ridge Middle0.7 mi · 1,057
- Hickory Ridge High0.8 mi · 1,671
- Pitts School Road Elementary1.7 mi · 885
- A.C.E. Academy2.0 mi · 421
- Roberta Road Middle2.2 mi · 906
- Hickory Ridge Elementary2.4 mi · 927
Frequently asked questions
About Harrisburg ElementaryHow large is Harrisburg Elementary?
Harrisburg Elementary enrolls approximately 850 students in grades PK-05.
Is Harrisburg Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harrisburg Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Harrisburg Elementary?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Harrisburg Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Harrisburg Elementary?
Student demographics at Harrisburg Elementary are roughly 43% White, 7% Hispanic, 17% Black, 27% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Harrisburg Elementary in?
Harrisburg Elementary is part of Cabarrus County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.