Enrollment
262
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHATHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370075002080
Perry W Harrison Elementary
2655 Hamlet Chapel Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312 · (919) 967-9925 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
12.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
259 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 82%
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 | 19 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
71.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
79.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 29 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Perry W Harrison Elementary
Perry W Harrison Elementary's state test result (77.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry W Harrison Elementary this school | 262 | 98.9% | 77.2% |
| Sharon Elementary Statesville | 251 | 98.8% | 63.9% |
| Banoak Elementary Vale | 291 | 99.0% | 62.4% |
| Pumpkin Center Intermediate Lincolnton | 295 | 99.0% | 60.5% |
| Bell Elementary Asheville | 224 | 96.0% | 65.0% |
| Wittenburg Elementary Taylorsville | 294 | 99.0% | 48.5% |
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 Perry W Harrison Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #109 of 1,297 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #138 of 1,296 | #1 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #112 of 1,300 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #1,267 of 1,485 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #197 of 1,377 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #1,065 of 1,379 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #722 of 1,414 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -66.2% | #1 of 937 | #1 of 9 |
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
262
+19 (+8%) vs 2020
-57% since 2000-01, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 262 | 20.4 | 12.8:1 | 99% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 17.3 | 13.9:1 | 29% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 227 | 16.2 | 14.0:1 | 30% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 20 | 12.2:1 | 21% (50) |
| 2017-18 | 775 | 44.5 | 17.4:1 | 19% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 683 | 38 | 18.0:1 | 23% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 29 | 17.0:1 | 24% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 605 | 35 | 17.3:1 | 15% (92) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perry W Harrison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 66% (775 to 262); teachers down 54% (44.5 to 20.4).
About Perry W Harrison Elementary
Perry W Harrison Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school with an address in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 262 students. The school's enrollment is 44% smaller than the 467 average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Perry W Harrison Elementary falls under Chatham County Schools, which has 21 schools enrolling 8,987 students.
White students are the majority at Perry W Harrison Elementary, with 72% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 3% Asian. County-wide, about 71% of residents are White. Perry W Harrison Elementary's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Perry W Harrison Elementary, 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.8:1. That is lower than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Roughly 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 25 points above the 74% average for public schools in Chatham County.
Perry W Harrison Elementary is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 98% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Perry W Harrison Elementary scores 28.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 77.2% actual versus 48.6% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Chatham County show that the median household income is $94,317, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Perry W Harrison Elementary is one of 25 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Perry W Harrison Elementary is Willow Oak Montessori, about 2.4 miles away. Perry W Harrison Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Perry W Harrison Elementary ranks 2nd on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
2024-25 enrollment was 262, an 8% gain from 243 in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Perry W Harrison Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Chatham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,151
Census ACS
Median income
$94,317
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
10,374 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chatham County Schools
- Seaforth HighHigh · 1,088 students
- Jordan-Matthews HighHigh · 848 students
- Margaret B. Pollard MiddleMiddle · 736 students
- Chatham Grove ElementaryElementary · 683 students
- Northwood HighHigh · 634 students
- Siler City ElementaryElementary · 591 students
Other schools in Pittsboro
- Seaforth HighHigh · 1,088 students
- Chatham Grove ElementaryElementary · 683 students
- Northwood HighHigh · 634 students
- Pittsboro ElementaryElementary · 503 students
- George M. Horton MiddleMiddle · 414 students
- Willow Oak MontessoriElementary · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Willow Oak Montessori2.4 mi · 281
- Chatham Grove Elementary2.5 mi · 683
- Margaret B. Pollard Middle2.7 mi · 736
- Woods Charter2.8 mi · 515
- Northwood High3.7 mi · 634
- Pittsboro Elementary6.4 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About Perry W Harrison ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Perry W Harrison Elementary?
Perry W Harrison Elementary enrolls approximately 262 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Perry W Harrison Elementary serve?
Perry W Harrison Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Perry W Harrison Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Perry W Harrison Elementary is approximately 12.8:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Perry W Harrison Elementary?
At Perry W Harrison Elementary, the student body is approximately 72% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Perry W Harrison Elementary in?
Perry W Harrison Elementary is part of Chatham County Schools.
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