Harney Elementary School

Harney Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary-level community in VANCOUVER, Washington, overseen by Vancouver School District, instructs 538 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Harney Elementary School sits 42% above that benchmark.

Within Vancouver School District, which oversees 43 schools and 21,783 students, Harney Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Harney Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 33% White, 9% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Clark County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Clark County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $97,536 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Clark County runs 151 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,406 students), of which Harney Elementary School is one.

Washington State School for the Deaf is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harney Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Harney Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 670 (now 538). White enrollment moved from 44% to 33% across the same window.

On this page, members of the Harney Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.