Harrison Elementary School

Harrison Elementary School is an elementary-level community of close-knit scale in Lakewood, Ohio, part of Lakewood City, hosting 255 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 37% below typical.

Within Lakewood City, which oversees 13 schools and 4,369 students, Harrison Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Harrison Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 20% Asian, 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Harrison Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 67% of students at Harrison Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Cuyahoga County's rate of about 27%.

After controlling for student poverty, Harrison Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.6%; this one delivers 64.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cuyahoga County indicate median household income runs about $64,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Cuyahoga County runs 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), of which Harrison Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Franklin School of Opportunity Online, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Harrison Elementary School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 73.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harrison Elementary School has decreased 32%, going from 376 students in 2018 to 255 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.