Harrison Road Elementary

Located at 6230 Harrison Road, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Harrison Road Elementary is a mid-sized elementary-level community that hosts 732 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Spotsylvania County Public Schools. That puts it 47% above the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Within Spotsylvania County Public Schools, which oversees 29 schools and 24,036 students, Harrison Road Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Harrison Road Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 16% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Spotsylvania County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Harrison Road Elementary records 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Spotsylvania County's rate of about 58%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Harrison Road Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 68.3%; this one comes in at 48.5%, -19.8 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Spotsylvania County put the typical household earns roughly $112,738 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Spotsylvania County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,036 students), Harrison Road Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Chancellor Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Harrison Road Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 66.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Harrison Road Elementary's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 793 (now 732). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 30% to 43% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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