Is Harrison Elementary a good school?

Harrison Elementary ranks 3259 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Harrison Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 547 students attended Harrison Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Harrison Elementary?

Students at Harrison Elementary are 71% Hispanic, 12% White, 7% African American, 5% Two or more races, 5% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Harrison Elementary attend?

Students who attend Harrison Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Arlington High High : Riverside STEM Academy

Harrison Elementary

Summary:

Harrison Elementary is a public elementary school located in Riverside, California, serving 522 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Riverside Unified School District, which is ranked 774 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Harrison Elementary faces several challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, lower-than-average test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science, and a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds (72.61% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch). The school's performance is generally weaker than nearby Adams Elementary, Monroe Elementary, and Hawthorne Elementary within the Riverside Unified School District. However, when compared to schools in the neighboring Alvord Unified School District, Harrison Elementary's performance is relatively stronger, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics.

One bright spot for Harrison Elementary is its performance for English Language Learner (ELL) students, which ranks in the top 30% of California elementary schools for this subgroup. In contrast, the school's performance for White students and students with disabilities is notably weaker, ranking in the bottom 30% of California elementary schools for these subgroups. The school's overall ranking among California elementary schools has fluctuated over the years, ranging from the top 45% in 2014-2015 to the bottom 56% in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a need for targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes.

Detail:

Public K-6

2901 Harrison St.
Riverside, CA 92503-5505

(951) 352-6712

District: Riverside Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3259^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,101

Students who attend Harrison Elementary usually attend:

High:	Arlington High
	Riverside STEM Academy

Student/teacher ratio: 20.2

Number of students: 547

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

71.3%

White:

11.5%

African American:

6.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 50.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Harrison Elementary ranks worse than 55.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 17^th among 29 ranked elementary schools in the Riverside Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 38.59. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (71.3%), White (11.5%), African American (6.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 50.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Harrison Elementary is 20.2, which is the 2^nd best among 29 elementary schools in the Riverside Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Harrison Elementary employs 27 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Harrison Elementary is $9,101, which is the highest among 29 elementary schools in the Riverside Unified School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Harrison Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Harrison Elementary 3259^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Harrison Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Riverside Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Riverside Unified 774^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Harrison Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	55.81	1885^th	4809	60.8%
2005	57.90	1836^th	4822	61.9%
2006	51.15	2137^th	4818	55.6%
2007	41.30	2820^th	5113	44.8%
2008	38.88	3005^th	5113	41.2%
2009	37.99	3176^th	5193	38.8%
2010	46.27	2778^th	5314	47.7%
2011	35.54	3576^th	5377	33.5%
2012	46.53	2849^th	5390	47.1%
2013	46.30	2903^rd	5530	47.5%
2015	48.50	2526^th	5611	55.0%
2016	48.15	2594^th	5614	53.8%
2017	39.08	3163^rd	5692	44.4%
2018	31.77	3689^th	5662	34.8%
2019	43.51	2975^th	5789	48.6%
2022	46.73	2713^th	5883	53.9%
2023	41.01	3067^th	5874	47.8%
2024	38.59	3259^th	5862	44.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	22.38	3052^nd	3275	6.8%
2022	29.29	2662^nd	3311	19.6%
2023	47.60	1313^th	3250	59.6%
2024	55.63	901^st	3160	71.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	32.77	1523^rd	2420	37.1%
2024	39.24	1370^th	2634	48.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.13	3233^rd	5084	36.4%
2019	49.15	2463^rd	5173	52.4%
2022	55.55	1945^th	5264	63.1%
2023	44.30	2742^nd	5374	49.0%
2024	43.14	2893^rd	5511	47.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.77	3427^th	5413	36.7%
2019	45.34	2775^th	5492	49.5%
2022	48.07	2516^th	5635	55.4%
2023	38.31	3128^th	5617	44.3%
2024	37.33	3239^th	5605	42.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	47.46	1053^rd	2585	59.3%
2022	27.19	1623^rd	2227	27.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.40	3744^th	5431	31.1%
2019	42.21	2904^th	5510	47.3%
2022	44.87	2717^th	5663	52.0%
2023	43.90	2809^th	5650	50.3%
2024	39.84	3075^th	5636	45.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.27	3065^th	4830	36.5%
2019	49.18	2337^th	4963	52.9%
2022	52.83	2022^nd	5084	60.2%
2023	49.37	2269^th	5098	55.5%
2024	43.62	2700^th	5102	47.1%

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Rank History for White students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.03	2324^th	2737	15.1%
2019	50.81	1525^th	2834	46.2%
2022	40.30	1732^nd	2726	36.5%
2023	31.69	1940^th	2662	27.1%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Harrison Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	610	17	104	175	0	n/a	n/a	0	906
1989	673	22	113	196	0	n/a	n/a	0	1004
1990	709	28	114	191	1	n/a	n/a	0	1043
1991	669	40	123	223	2	n/a	n/a	0	1057
1992	648	37	105	209	6	n/a	n/a	0	1005
1993	602	42	112	194	3	n/a	n/a	0	953
1994	547	45	105	201	2	n/a	n/a	0	900
1995	521	51	99	231	2	n/a	n/a	0	904
1996	521	51	99	231	2	n/a	n/a	0	904
1997	510	54	88	241	3	n/a	n/a	0	896
1998	488	62	75	275	2	n/a	n/a	0	902
1999	487	67	66	278	3	n/a	n/a	0	901
2000	511	73	51	292	4	n/a	n/a	0	931
2001	485	60	45	301	6	n/a	n/a	0	897
2002	438	70	54	372	1	n/a	n/a	0	935
2003	438	70	54	372	1	n/a	n/a	0	935
2004	357	56	35	366	2	n/a	n/a	0	816
2005	356	58	42	387	2	n/a	n/a	0	845
2006	363	49	47	390	3	n/a	n/a	1	853
2007	336	49	34	410	3	n/a	n/a	6	838
2008	277	45	33	414	3	n/a	n/a	0	772
2009	276	56	22	407	4	2	8	0	775
2010	241	43	23	369	0	3	22	0	701
2011	209	38	25	357	1	2	18	0	650
2012	172	33	23	340	2	1	18	0	589
2013	156	35	23	350	2	0	17	0	583
2014	123	34	22	363	2	0	13	0	557
2015	120	41	20	351	2	2	11	0	547
2016	121	42	24	333	1	1	10	0	532
2017	131	39	15	321	2	1	5	0	514
2018	126	42	21	329	2	1	6	0	527
2019	110	38	19	318	1	2	5	0	493
2020	119	39	16	308	0	4	6	0	492
2021	101	39	14	292	0	1	5	0	452
2022	90	40	23	337	0	0	8	0	498
2023	87	32	30	359	0	2	12	0	522
2024	63	38	27	390	1	0	28	0	547

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Harrison Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	906	34.6	26.1	n/a
1989	1004	37.7	26.6	n/a
1990	1043	39.0	26.7	n/a
1991	1057	39.0	27.1	n/a
1992	1005	39.6	25.3	28
1993	953	36.0	26.5	28.5
1994	900	34.0	26.5	34.2
1995	904	33.0	27.4	34.4
1996	904	33.0	27.4	34.4
1997	896	38.0	23.6	34.3
1998	902	42.0	21.5	33.4
1999	901	45.0	20.0	34.1
2000	931	38.0	24.5	31.6
2001	897	42.0	21.4	32.2
2002	935	40.0	23.4	34.5
2003	935	40.0	23.4	34.5
2004	816	36.5	22.4	39.8
2005	845	36.0	23.5	40.6
2006	853	36.0	23.7	42.1
2007	838	36.0	23.3	48.8
2008	772	36.0	21.4	47.7
2009	775	32.0	22.3	58.3
2010	701	31.0	22.6	59.1
2011	650	n/a	n/a	55.7
2012	589	21.1	27.8	n/a
2013	583	23.1	25.1	68.6
2014	557	22.0	25.3	66.8
2015	547	23.0	23.7	66.4
2016	532	23.0	23.1	70.1
2017	514	23.0	22.3	64.4
2018	527	22.0	23.9	68.3
2019	493	22.2	22.2	66.7
2020	492	n/a	n/a	62.8
2021	452	19.4	23.2	69.7
2022	498	21.0	23.7	74.3
2023	522	24.0	21.7	72.6
2024	547	27.0	20.2	50.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Harrison Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	906	34.6	26.1	n/a
1989	1004	37.7	26.6	n/a
1990	1043	39.0	26.7	n/a
1991	1057	39.0	27.1	n/a
1992	1005	39.6	25.3	28
1993	953	36.0	26.5	28.5
1994	900	34.0	26.5	34.2
1995	904	33.0	27.4	34.4
1996	904	33.0	27.4	34.4
1997	896	38.0	23.6	34.3
1998	902	42.0	21.5	33.4
1999	901	45.0	20.0	34.1
2000	931	38.0	24.5	31.6
2001	897	42.0	21.4	32.2
2002	935	40.0	23.4	34.5
2003	935	40.0	23.4	34.5
2004	816	36.5	22.4	39.8
2005	845	36.0	23.5	40.6
2006	853	36.0	23.7	42.1
2007	838	36.0	23.3	48.8
2008	772	36.0	21.4	47.7
2009	775	32.0	22.3	58.3
2010	701	31.0	22.6	59.1
2011	650	n/a	n/a	55.7
2012	589	21.1	27.8	n/a
2013	583	23.1	25.1	68.6
2014	557	22.0	25.3	66.8
2015	547	23.0	23.7	66.4
2016	532	23.0	23.1	70.1
2017	514	23.0	22.3	64.4
2018	527	22.0	23.9	68.3
2019	493	22.2	22.2	66.7
2020	492	n/a	n/a	62.8
2021	452	19.4	23.2	69.7
2022	498	21.0	23.7	74.3
2023	522	24.0	21.7	72.6
2024	547	27.0	20.2	50.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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