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If you had an hour of school board time for Harrison Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
604
Elementary
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHWEST LOCAL·NCES 390473802877
Harrison Elementary School
600 E Broadway St, Harrison, OH 45030 · (513) 367-4161 · Hamilton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Ohio public elementary schools
- B+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.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
317 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 43%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 54% · 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 Southwest Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
68.8%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.9pp since 2021
Math
76.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +8.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.8% | 76.4% |
| 2023-24 | 75.6% | 77.4% |
| 2022-23 | 70.5% | 77.2% |
| 2021-22 | 67.9% | 67.9% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
73.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Elementary School
Harrison Elementary School's state test result (73.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Elementary School this school | 604 | 52.5% | 73.7% |
| Jefferson Elementary Jefferson | 654 | 54.4% | 63.3% |
| Miami Whitewater Elementary School Harrison | 672 | 50.0% | 71.4% |
| Monroe Elementary School New Richmond | 554 | 52.0% | 74.5% |
| Madison Elementary School Middletown | 711 | 51.8% | 75.6% |
| Hubbard Elementary School Hubbard | 663 | 54.8% | 76.1% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #386 of 673 | #28 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #474 of 1,569 ▼ 50 | #26 of 104 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #637 of 1,569 ▼ 147 | #37 of 104 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #613 of 1,514 | #54 of 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #275 of 1,808 | #31 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #1,484 of 1,582 | #94 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.8% | #1,090 of 1,590 | #90 of 104 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #221 of 767 | #9 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #465 of 561 | #30 of 36 |
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
604
+19 (+3%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
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 | 604 | 27 | 22.4:1 | 52% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 24.5 | 26.3:1 | 57% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 674 | 25.5 | 26.4:1 | 41% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 585 | 40 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 23.9 | 24.5:1 | 43% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 23 | 26.7:1 | 47% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 24 | 22.4:1 | 44% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 19% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 743 | 35 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (587 to 604); teachers up 13% (23.9 to 27).
About Harrison Elementary School
Harrison Elementary School, located in Harrison, Ohio, is a medium-sized elementary school. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 604 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students each.
Harrison Elementary School is part of a district of 6 schools: Southwest Local, with 4,340 students.
About 88% of the student body at Harrison Elementary School is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. In Hamilton County overall, about 63% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 22.4 students per teacher and 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Hamilton County average 34%.
allk12 grades Harrison Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Harrison Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 73.7%, compared with a predicted 69.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hamilton County show that the median household income is $72,470, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Harrison Elementary School is one of 212 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Miami Whitewater Elementary School, at about 2.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 71.1% proficiency; Harrison Elementary School posts 73.7%.
For locale, NCES codes Harrison Elementary School as Town: Fringe.
Enrollment at Harrison Elementary School climbed 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 585 to 604 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.6:1 to 22.4:1 over the same years.
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Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,774
Census ACS
Median income
$72,470
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
212
111,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southwest Local
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,122 students
- Harrison Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,069 students
- Crosby Elementary SchoolElementary · 807 students
- Miami Whitewater Elementary SchoolElementary · 672 students
- Wildcat Pathways AcademyHigh · 66 students
Other schools in Harrison
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,122 students
- Harrison Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,069 students
- Crosby Elementary SchoolElementary · 807 students
- Miami Whitewater Elementary SchoolElementary · 672 students
- Wildcat Pathways AcademyHigh · 66 students
Other Harrison Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 15 states are named Harrison Elementary. Harrison Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 22.
- Harrison Elementary SchoolLakewood, OH · 255 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolChattanooga, TN · 775 students
- Harrison ElementaryStockton, CA · 640 students
- Harrison ElementaryRiverside, CA · 571 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolSouth Bend, IN · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Miami Whitewater Elementary School2.2 mi · 672
- Wildcat Pathways Academy2.3 mi · 66
- Harrison Middle School2.3 mi · 1,069
- William Henry Harrison High School2.3 mi · 1,122
- Bright Elementary School4.5 mi · 534
- Crosby Elementary School5.2 mi · 807
Frequently asked questions
About Harrison Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harrison Elementary School?
Harrison Elementary School enrolls approximately 604 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Harrison Elementary School serve?
Harrison Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harrison Elementary School?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at Harrison Elementary School.
How diverse is Harrison Elementary School?
Harrison Elementary School reports a student body of 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Harrison Elementary School public or private?
Harrison Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Southwest Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.