Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 287 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISBURG SD 7J·NCES 410001900698
Harrisburg Elementary School
642 Smith St, Harrisburg, OR 97446 · (541) 995-6544 · Linn County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Oregon 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.
- ·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 Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
250 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 76%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 23% smaller than its 4th grade class (77).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 59% · 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 Harrisburg SD 7J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.5%
OR avg 43.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
39.2%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.5% | 39.2% |
| 2023-24 | 44.3% | 39.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 School
Harrisburg Elementary School's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg Elementary School this school | 338 | 74.0% | 42.3% |
| Parkside Elementary Grants Pass | 361 | 73.4% | 28.1% |
| Fullerton IV Elementary School Roseburg | 319 | 73.0% | 30.6% |
| Riverside Elementary School Grants Pass | 351 | 72.6% | 43.7% |
| Terrebonne Community School Terrebonne | 315 | 75.9% | 38.6% |
| Veneta Elementary School Veneta | 340 | 70.6% | 41.2% |
Matched among Oregon 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #197 of 591 | #4 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #249 of 646 ▼ 10 | #4 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #254 of 646 ▲ 18 | #6 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #338 of 710 | #5 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #270 of 587 | #10 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #448 of 587 | #11 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.0% | #327 of 645 | #23 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #372 of 493 | #15 of 19 |
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
338
+89 (+36%) vs 2020
+30% since 2000-01, when it was 261
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 338 | 20.3 | 16.6:1 | 74% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 19.3 | 15.9:1 | 65% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 288 | 19 | 15.2:1 | 66% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 249 | 17 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 21.6 | 17.8:1 | 57% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 21 | 17.9:1 | 63% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 21 | 20.1:1 | 62% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 13 | 20.1:1 | 41% (107) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrisburg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (384 to 338); teachers down 6% (21.6 to 20.3).
About Harrisburg Elementary School
This page covers Harrisburg Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in Harrisburg, Oregon. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 4, with 338 students enrolled.
Federal data list 3 schools in Harrisburg SD 7J, with 861 students enrolled.
Harrisburg Elementary School is 76% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 15% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 84% White among all Linn County residents. The school's diversity index is 40%, meaning two students picked at random have a 40% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Harrisburg Elementary School and a ratio of 16.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 74% of students.
The allk12 Grade for Harrisburg Elementary School is B+. Compared with Oregon public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 69% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Harrisburg Elementary School would score about 33.9%. It scores 42.3%, 8.4 points above that figure.
Among Linn County residents, the median household income is $76,329, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Harrisburg Elementary School is one of 48 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Harrisburg Middle School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Harrisburg Elementary School is 1st among 9 schools close by.
Federal data place Harrisburg Elementary School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Harrisburg Elementary School climbed 36% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 249 to 338 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.7:1 in 2020-21, and 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
The Harrisburg Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,706
Census ACS
Median income
$76,329
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
17,916 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harrisburg SD 7J
- Harrisburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 263 students
- Harrisburg High SchoolHigh · 260 students
Other schools in Harrisburg
- Harrisburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 263 students
- Harrisburg High SchoolHigh · 260 students
Other Harrisburg Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Harrisburg Elementary. Harrisburg Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Harrisburg ElementaryIndian Land, SC · 1,161 students
- Harrisburg ElementaryHarrisburg, NC · 850 students
- HARRISBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHARRISBURG, AR · 428 students
- HARRISBURG ELEMENTARYHARRISBURG, MO · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Harrisburg Middle School0.1 mi · 263
- Harrisburg High School0.3 mi · 260
- Laurel Elementary School3.9 mi · 442
- Oaklea Middle School4.0 mi · 446
- Junction City High School4.4 mi · 525
- Monroe Grade School7.2 mi · 235
Frequently asked questions
About Harrisburg Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harrisburg Elementary School?
Harrisburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 338 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Harrisburg Elementary School serve?
Harrisburg Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does Harrisburg Elementary School have?
Harrisburg Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harrisburg Elementary School?
At Harrisburg Elementary School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 15% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Harrisburg Elementary School?
Harrisburg Elementary School is overseen by Harrisburg SD 7J in Linn County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.