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Enrollment
820
Middle
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530867001451
Harrison Middle School
810 S. 16th Street, Sunnyside, WA 98944 · (509) 837-3601 · Yakima County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL820 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
681 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 267 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 280 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 273 | 33% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
35.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.1pp since 2014
Math
20.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 20.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 20.8% |
| 2022-23 | 41.4% | 21.6% |
| 2021-22 | 40.2% | 21.1% |
| 2018-19 | 48.5% | 44.3% |
| 2017-18 | 52.3% | 48.7% |
| 2016-17 | 46.9% | 46.4% |
| 2015-16 | 42.4% | 47.6% |
| 2014-15 | 35.1% | 34.0% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
26.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Middle School
Harrison Middle School's state test result (26.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Middle School this school | 820 | 83.0% | 26.7% |
| Grandview Middle School Grandview | 815 | 84.8% | 31.6% |
| McFarland Middle School Othello | 702 | 83.8% | N/A |
| Quincy Middle School QUINCY | 717 | 79.9% | 26.4% |
| Lewis & Clark Middle School Yakima | 815 | 90.2% | 22.5% |
| Toppenish Middle School TOPPENISH | 757 | 89.7% | 19.4% |
Matched among Washington middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #243 of 294 | #9 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #283 of 357 ▼ 4 | #7 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #277 of 357 ▲ 1 | #7 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #41 of 290 | #5 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 820 | #61 of 377 | #5 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #234 of 340 | #16 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.7% | #336 of 340 | #14 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.0% | #18 of 359 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #100 of 192 | #4 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
820
-126 (-13%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 964
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 820 | 40.4 | 20.3:1 | 83% (681) |
| 2023-24 | 809 | 42 | 19.3:1 | 78% (629) |
| 2022-23 | 848 | 43 | 19.7:1 | 82% (697) |
| 2020-21 | 946 | 47 | 20.1:1 | 75% (706) |
| 2017-18 | 920 | 42 | 21.9:1 | 74% (685) |
| 2015-16 | 814 | 40 | 20.4:1 | 87% (705) |
| 2010-11 | 720 | 36 | 20.0:1 | 100% (717) |
| 2000-01 | 771 | 38 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 964 | 46 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrison Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (920 to 820); teachers down 4% (42 to 40.4).
About Harrison Middle School
Harrison Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Washington, with an address in Sunnyside. A total of 820 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Washington is about 577 students, so this school is 42% above average.
Harrison Middle School is run by Sunnyside School District, whose 9 schools enroll 6,151 students.
Hispanic students make up 94% of enrollment at Harrison Middle School. The next largest groups are 6% White. In Yakima County overall, about 52% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Harrison Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 20.3:1. That is higher than the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. The lunch program counts 83% of students at Harrison Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Harrison Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.7%, compared with a predicted 24.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Yakima County, the median household income is $70,656, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Yakima County is home to 119 public schools and about 52,145 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Chief Kamiakin Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of Harrison Middle School. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Harrison Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Harrison Middle School as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, Harrison Middle School's enrollment dropped 13%, to 820.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Yakima County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,152
Census ACS
Median income
$70,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
119
52,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sunnyside School District
- Sunnyside High SchoolHigh · 2,122 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Chief Kamiakin Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Sierra Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 549 students
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
Other schools in Sunnyside
- Sunnyside High SchoolHigh · 2,122 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Chief Kamiakin Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Sierra Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 549 students
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
Other Harrison Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Harrison Middle. Harrison Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Harrison Middle SchoolHarrison, OH · 1,069 students
- HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOLHARRISON, AR · 865 students
- Harrison Middle SchoolHARRISON, MI · 279 students
- HARRISON MIDDLEALBUQUERQUE, NM · 265 students
Nearby schools
- Chief Kamiakin Elementary School0.2 mi · 575
- SHS Graduation Alliance0.2 mi · 4
- Sunnyside High School0.2 mi · 2,122
- Pioneer Elementary School0.4 mi · 602
- Washington Elementary0.6 mi · 602
- Sierra Vista Middle School1.1 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Harrison Middle SchoolHow many students attend Harrison Middle School?
Harrison Middle School enrolls approximately 820 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Harrison Middle School serve?
Harrison Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harrison Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harrison Middle School is approximately 20.3:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Harrison Middle School?
Student demographics at Harrison Middle School are roughly 6% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Harrison Middle School?
Harrison Middle School is overseen by Sunnyside School District in Yakima County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.