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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN-TRAFFORD SD·NCES 421866006185
Harrison Park Elementary School
18 Dell Avenue, Jeannette, PA 15644 · (724) 744-2161 · Westmoreland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
138 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 75%
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 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
74.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
82.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.8% | 82.8% |
| 2023-24 | 79.1% | 81.3% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Park Elementary School
Harrison Park Elementary School's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Park Elementary School this school | 409 | 33.7% | 81.0% |
| Pennell Elementary School Aston | 415 | 30.6% | 57.5% |
| John Beck Elementary School Lititz | 432 | 34.5% | 58.4% |
| West Point Elementary School Greensburg | 372 | 35.2% | 73.4% |
| Lyter Elementary School Montoursville | 382 | 31.9% | 83.5% |
| Hahntown Elementary School North Huntingdon | 419 | 37.5% | 83.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #91 of 1,396 | #5 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #75 of 1,511 ▼ 12 | #4 of 38 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #139 of 1,511 ▼ 8 | #8 of 38 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #845 of 1,638 | #25 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #1,347 of 1,528 | #33 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.2% | #1,117 of 1,531 | #13 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.7% | #1,275 of 1,600 | #33 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #753 of 1,045 | #24 of 33 |
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
409
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 409 | 26.2 | 15.6:1 | 34% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 25.7 | 16.8:1 | 32% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 26.7 | 16.4:1 | 29% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 23 | 17.8:1 | 22% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 26.3 | 16.9:1 | 23% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 24 | 19.5:1 | 22% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 26 | 18.6:1 | 14% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 24 | 20.8:1 | 13% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 419 | 19 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrison Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (443 to 409); teachers unchanged (26.3 to 26.2).
About Harrison Park Elementary School
Harrison Park Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Penn-Trafford SD, located in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. The school had 409 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Enrollment across the 8 schools in Penn-Trafford SD totals 3,773 students.
At Harrison Park Elementary School, White students make up 87% of the student body. The school is also 7% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Harrison Park Elementary School has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Harrison Park Elementary School operates with 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.6:1. That ratio is over the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Harrison Park Elementary School reports 34% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 53% average for public schools in Westmoreland County is 19 points higher.
allk12 grades Harrison Park Elementary School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Pennsylvania, Harrison Park Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 81.0% compared with a predicted 63.1%.
In the county around the school, Westmoreland County, median household income is about $74,109, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Harrison Park Elementary School is among the 85 public schools in Westmoreland County.
The shortest distance from Harrison Park Elementary School to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Penn Trafford High School. The five-mile area around Harrison Park Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 81.0% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Harrison Park Elementary School was 410 in 2020-21 and 409 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.8:1 to 15.6:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Penn-Trafford SD
- Penn Trafford High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 518 students
- McCullough Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Sunrise Elementary SchoolElementary · 412 students
- Trafford Middle SchoolMiddle · 354 students
- Level Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 269 students
Other schools in Jeannette
- Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 518 students
- Jeannette McKee Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- McCullough Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Jeannette High SchoolHigh · 405 students
Nearby schools
- Penn Trafford High School0.6 mi · 1,167
- Penn Middle School0.6 mi · 518
- McCullough Elementary School0.7 mi · 448
- Sunrise Elementary School2.7 mi · 412
- Jeannette McKee Elementary School2.9 mi · 504
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary School3.2 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About Harrison Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Harrison Park Elementary School?
Harrison Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 409 students in grades KG-05.
Is Harrison Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harrison Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Harrison Park Elementary School have?
Harrison Park Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is Harrison Park Elementary School?
Harrison Park Elementary School reports a student body of 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Harrison Park Elementary School in?
Harrison Park Elementary School is part of Penn-Trafford SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.