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If you could change one rule at Harrison Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 266 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH LANE SD 45J3·NCES 411158000611
Harrison Elementary School
1000 Taylor Ave, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 · (541) 942-3389 · Lane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
312 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 76%
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 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Harrison Elementary School→Lincoln Middle School
Based on grade levels within South Lane SD 45J3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.5%
OR avg 43.0% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
34.1%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.5% | 34.1% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 33.0% |
% 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
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Harrison Elementary School
Harrison Elementary School's state test result (31.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Elementary School this school | 450 | 69.3% | 31.0% |
| Ninety-One School Hubbard | 476 | 62.8% | 44.5% |
| Central Elementary School La Grande | 403 | 65.8% | 42.8% |
| Creslane Elementary School Creswell | 480 | 71.9% | 35.3% |
| Turner Elementary School Turner | 422 | 63.5% | 50.3% |
| Sublimity School Sublimity | 366 | 69.1% | 48.0% |
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 Harrison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #349 of 591 | #33 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #311 of 646 ▲ 16 | #25 of 55 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #422 of 646 ▼ 54 | #37 of 55 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #126 of 710 | #8 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #271 of 587 | #22 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.9% | #571 of 587 | #46 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.3% | #390 of 645 | #27 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #38 of 88 | #2 of 7 |
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
450
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 450 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 69% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 22.4 | 20.2:1 | 70% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 66% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 49% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 22.5 | 18.5:1 | 65% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 21 | 20.1:1 | 73% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 17 | 23.8:1 | 70% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 368 | 18 | 20.4:1 | 55% (204) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 22 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (416 to 450); teachers up 20% (22.5 to 27).
About Harrison Elementary School
Harrison Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Cottage Grove, Oregon. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 450 students. Elementary schools in Oregon have about 321 students on average; enrollment here is 40% higher.
Federal data list 9 schools in South Lane SD 45J3, with 2,697 students enrolled.
White students are 87% of those enrolled at Harrison Elementary School. The remaining shares are 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Native American. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 24, compared with 70 nationally.
Harrison Elementary School lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.7 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 69% of the student body.
In Oregon, Harrison Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 31.0% actual against a predicted 35.7%.
The school's county is Lane County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $71,544 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Lane County number 117, with about 42,240 students.
Harrison Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Academy for Character Education, its nearest public school. Harrison Elementary School has 5 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Harrison Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 31.0% versus a 29.3% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school grew from 435 students in 2020-21 to 450 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Harrison Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
384,207
Census ACS
Median income
$71,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
42,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Lane SD 45J3
- Cottage Grove High SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Bohemia Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Academy for Character EducationCombined · 354 students
- Childs Way Charter SchoolCombined · 121 students
- Dorena SchoolElementary · 100 students
Other schools in Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove High SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Bohemia Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Academy for Character EducationCombined · 354 students
- London SchoolElementary · 72 students
- Al Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 62 students
Other Harrison Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 15 states are named Harrison Elementary. Harrison Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 22.
- Harrison Elementary SchoolChattanooga, TN · 775 students
- Harrison ElementaryStockton, CA · 640 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolHarrison, OH · 604 students
- Harrison ElementaryRiverside, CA · 571 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolSouth Bend, IN · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Academy for Character Education0.3 mi · 354
- Lincoln Middle School0.4 mi · 455
- Cottage Grove High School0.6 mi · 640
- Bohemia Elementary School1.0 mi · 443
- Al Kennedy High School3.5 mi · 62
- Creswell Middle School9.1 mi · 244
Frequently asked questions
About Harrison Elementary SchoolHow large is Harrison Elementary School?
Harrison Elementary School enrolls approximately 450 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Harrison Elementary School serve?
Harrison Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harrison Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harrison Elementary School is approximately 16.7:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harrison Elementary School?
At Harrison Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Harrison Elementary School?
Harrison Elementary School is overseen by South Lane SD 45J3 in Lane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.