Harrisburg High School

Harrisburg High School is one of the modestly sized four-year high schools in Harrisburg, Oregon, one of the schools within Harrisburg SD 7J, with 260 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 630 students each, so Harrisburg High School sits 59% smaller than that benchmark.

Harrisburg SD 7J runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 861 students. Harrisburg High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Harrisburg High School reports that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Harrisburg High School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.8:1, putting Harrisburg High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 74% of students at Harrisburg High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Harrisburg High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.8%; this one delivers 20.0%.

Across the wider county, Linn County reports that median household income runs about $76,329, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Linn County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students), Harrisburg High School is one campus in the mix.

Harrisburg Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Harrisburg High School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harrisburg High School has ticked down 11%, going from 293 students in 2018 to 260 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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