Harrison Elementary School

As a reasonably sized elementary school in Cottage Grove, Oregon, Harrison Elementary School teaches 450 students from grades K through 5, run under South Lane SD 45J3. Compared to the state average of about 321 students per school, that is 40% bigger than typical.

South Lane SD 45J3 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 2,697 students; Harrison Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Harrison Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). The remainder comes out to 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Native American.

In terms of school funding signals, Harrison Elementary School records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 69% of students at Harrison Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Harrison Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.0%.

Around the school, census data for Lane County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,544 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lane County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students), Harrison Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Academy for Character Education 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, Harrison Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.3%.

Harrison Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 8%: 416 students in 2018 compared to 450 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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