HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment elementary-level community in HARRISON, Idaho, one of the schools within KOOTENAI DISTRICT. The school serves 102 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 69% leaner than the state mean of about 332.

Within KOOTENAI DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 213 students, HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 5% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kootenai County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,861 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Kootenai County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,554 students), of which HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is KOOTENAI JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 89% since 2018, when it stood at 54 (now 102). Over the same period, the White share expanded from 80% to 93%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.