Is Harrison Elementary a good school?

Harrison Elementary ranks in the bottom 8.4% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Harrison Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 314 students attended Harrison Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Harrison Elementary?

Students at Harrison Elementary are 82% Hispanic, 9% African American, 3% White, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races, 1% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Harrison Elementary attend?

Students who attend Harrison Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Pomona High

Harrison Elementary

Summary:

Harrison Elementary is a public K-8 school in Pomona, California, with a total enrollment of 314 students. The school is part of the Pomona Unified School District, which is ranked 1056 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Harrison Elementary consistently performs below the Pomona Unified district and the state of California in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subject areas. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 22.44% of Harrison Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 35.69% for the Pomona Unified district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, only 15.61% of Harrison Elementary students were proficient or better, compared to 22.67% for the district and 35.54% for the state. The school's performance has been declining over the years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 3326 out of 5611 California elementary schools in 2014-2015 to 5368 out of 5862 in 2023-2024. Additionally, Harrison Elementary has significantly higher chronic absenteeism rates, with 39.7% of students chronically absent in the 2022-2023 school year, compared to 15.3% for the Pomona Unified district.

Interestingly, the nearby schools within the Pomona Unified district, such as La Verne Science and Technology Charter, Barfield Elementary, and San Jose Elementary, also perform below the state and district averages in academic assessments, but generally outperform Harrison Elementary. Furthermore, the schools in the neighboring Claremont Unified School District, such as Sycamore Elementary, Vista del Valle Elementary, and Mountain View Elementary, consistently outperform Harrison Elementary and the Pomona Unified district in academic assessments.

Detail:

Public K-8

425 East Harrison Ave.
Pomona, CA 91767-1913

(909) 397-4600

District: Pomona Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5368^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,180

Students who attend Harrison Elementary usually attend:

High:

Pomona High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.9

Number of students: 314

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

82.2%

African American:

9.2%

White:

2.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 93%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Harrison Elementary ranks worse than 91.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 23^rd among 24 ranked elementary schools in the Pomona Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.23. (See more...)

Compare Details Harrison Elementary ranks worse than 74.6% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.17. (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 (82.2%), African American (9.2%), White (2.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 93% 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 20.9, which is the 3^rd best among 24 elementary schools in the Pomona Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Harrison Elementary employs 14.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Harrison Elementary is $6,180, which is the 4^th highest among 24 elementary schools in the Pomona Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Harrison Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Harrison Elementary 5368^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Harrison Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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SchoolDigger ranks Harrison Elementary 2071^st of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Harrison Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Pomona Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Pomona Unified 1056^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 elementary school students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	27.09	3413^th	4809	29.0%
2005	17.94	4108^th	4822	14.8%
2006	21.02	3924^th	4818	18.6%
2007	20.13	4287^th	5113	16.2%
2008	26.40	3869^th	5113	24.3%
2009	29.93	3716^th	5193	28.4%
2010	24.89	4234^th	5314	20.3%
2011	17.64	4818^th	5377	10.4%
2012	25.11	4306^th	5390	20.1%
2013	14.84	5058^th	5530	8.5%
2015	35.00	3326^th	5611	40.7%
2016	29.80	3790^th	5614	32.5%
2017	36.22	3352^nd	5692	41.1%
2018	29.13	3897^th	5662	31.2%
2019	33.03	3695^th	5789	36.2%
2022	23.20	4530^th	5883	23.0%
2023	18.08	5041^st	5874	14.2%
2024	14.23	5368^th	5862	8.4%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	25.81	2796^th	3160	11.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.51	2978^th	5084	41.4%
2019	44.20	2807^th	5173	45.7%
2022	31.40	3719^th	5264	29.4%
2023	25.88	4246^th	5374	21.0%
2024	19.07	4849^th	5511	12.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	34.80	3424^th	5413	36.7%
2019	30.13	3815^th	5492	30.5%
2022	23.15	4408^th	5635	21.8%
2023	20.07	4693^rd	5617	16.5%
2024	15.05	5113^th	5605	8.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.28	4083^rd	5431	24.8%
2019	37.43	3234^th	5510	41.3%
2022	25.59	4184^th	5663	26.1%
2023	20.30	4690^th	5650	17.0%
2024	15.25	5137^th	5636	8.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	38.03	2993^rd	4830	38.0%
2019	49.85	2291^st	4963	53.8%
2022	33.20	3430^th	5084	32.5%
2023	29.02	3794^th	5098	25.6%
2024	22.93	4269^th	5102	16.3%

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

Rank History for Harrison Elementary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2010	31.35	1536^th	2179	29.5%
2011	28.80	1680^th	2236	24.9%
2012	16.24	2008^th	2259	11.1%
2013	18.65	2038^th	2379	14.3%
2015	51.50	1061^st	2477	57.2%
2016	34.59	1501^st	2497	39.9%
2017	25.06	1849^th	2508	26.3%
2018	23.35	1874^th	2480	24.4%
2019	23.23	2049^th	2715	24.5%
2022	26.98	1895^th	2740	30.8%
2023	21.20	2214^th	2802	21.0%
2024	24.17	2071^st	2777	25.4%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.09	1487^th	2230	33.3%
2019	29.15	1723^rd	2369	27.3%
2022	34.22	1529^th	2458	37.8%
2023	28.18	1839^th	2549	27.9%
2024	30.55	1751^st	2575	32.0%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.69	1717^th	2262	24.1%
2019	18.22	2007^th	2380	15.7%
2022	17.47	2174^th	2509	13.4%
2023	21.98	2010^th	2547	21.1%
2024	25.18	1892^nd	2546	25.7%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.23	1745^th	2273	23.2%
2019	28.79	1648^th	2407	31.5%
2022	37.32	1420^th	2527	43.8%
2023	21.64	2018^th	2558	21.1%
2024	24.20	1907^th	2547	25.1%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Harrison Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.71	1514^th	2072	26.9%
2019	29.81	1548^th	2213	30.0%
2022	40.53	1276^th	2359	45.9%
2023	30.30	1627^th	2391	32.0%
2024	30.09	1645^th	2383	31.0%

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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	80	243	18	177	0	n/a	n/a	0	518
1989	68	233	18	216	3	n/a	n/a	0	538
1990	68	183	11	254	2	n/a	n/a	0	518
1991	61	164	25	276	2	n/a	n/a	0	528
1992	42	164	19	327	1	n/a	n/a	0	553
1993	34	126	20	316	0	n/a	n/a	0	496
1994	32	113	26	344	0	n/a	n/a	0	515
1995	36	150	15	326	0	n/a	n/a	0	527
1996	36	150	15	326	0	n/a	n/a	0	527
1997	29	125	12	333	0	n/a	n/a	0	499
1998	25	123	8	337	0	n/a	n/a	0	493
1999	30	115	13	338	0	n/a	n/a	0	496
2000	34	110	14	366	0	n/a	n/a	0	524
2001	28	94	17	369	1	n/a	n/a	0	509
2002	27	65	15	374	0	n/a	n/a	0	481
2003	27	65	15	374	0	n/a	n/a	0	481
2004	22	59	13	363	1	n/a	n/a	0	458
2005	29	63	13	418	2	n/a	n/a	0	525
2006	32	55	11	415	2	n/a	n/a	0	515
2007	32	57	6	403	0	n/a	n/a	1	499
2008	14	55	4	349	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	422
2009	15	41	5	341	0	0	11	0	413
2010	22	58	13	381	1	0	5	0	480
2011	23	62	10	422	5	1	9	0	532
2012	19	39	11	394	3	0	8	0	474
2013	13	48	17	379	3	0	6	0	466
2014	7	33	13	363	2	0	5	0	423
2015	4	33	16	352	2	0	7	0	414
2016	4	33	15	319	1	0	6	0	378
2017	7	40	11	294	0	1	4	0	357
2018	13	37	8	293	1	2	5	0	359
2019	12	40	7	291	1	2	7	0	360
2020	14	34	5	301	0	3	5	0	362
2021	12	52	4	274	2	2	4	0	350
2022	8	29	6	270	0	3	6	0	322
2023	9	29	8	258	0	4	6	0	314

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	518	19.0	27.2	n/a
1989	538	19.0	28.3	n/a
1990	518	19.0	27.2	n/a
1991	528	19.0	27.7	n/a
1992	553	19.3	28.6	74.7
1993	496	20.0	24.8	83.7
1994	515	19.0	27.1	89.7
1995	527	19.0	27.7	93
1996	527	19.0	27.7	93
1997	499	20.0	25.0	86
1998	493	23.0	21.4	94.9
1999	496	22.0	22.5	85.3
2000	524	25.0	21.0	77.3
2001	509	29.0	17.6	84.5
2002	481	27.0	17.8	85.4
2003	481	27.0	17.8	85.4
2004	458	25.0	18.3	76.6
2005	525	24.0	21.9	65.1
2006	515	26.0	19.8	83.7
2007	499	24.0	20.8	87.6
2008	422	21.0	20.1	91
2009	413	18.0	21.7	90.6
2010	480	17.0	28.2	90.2
2011	532	n/a	n/a	88
2012	474	21.0	22.5	n/a
2013	466	18.5	25.1	87.8
2014	423	17.0	24.8	88.2
2015	414	17.0	24.3	90.8
2016	378	15.0	25.2	88.9
2017	357	16.1	22.0	88
2018	359	15.1	23.6	90
2019	360	14.1	25.4	88.3
2020	362	n/a	n/a	93.6
2021	350	19.3	18.1	96.6
2022	322	14.3	22.4	95.7
2023	314	14.9	20.9	93

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	518	19.0	27.2	n/a
1989	538	19.0	28.3	n/a
1990	518	19.0	27.2	n/a
1991	528	19.0	27.7	n/a
1992	553	19.3	28.6	74.7
1993	496	20.0	24.8	83.7
1994	515	19.0	27.1	89.7
1995	527	19.0	27.7	93
1996	527	19.0	27.7	93
1997	499	20.0	25.0	86
1998	493	23.0	21.4	94.9
1999	496	22.0	22.5	85.3
2000	524	25.0	21.0	77.3
2001	509	29.0	17.6	84.5
2002	481	27.0	17.8	85.4
2003	481	27.0	17.8	85.4
2004	458	25.0	18.3	76.6
2005	525	24.0	21.9	65.1
2006	515	26.0	19.8	83.7
2007	499	24.0	20.8	87.6
2008	422	21.0	20.1	91
2009	413	18.0	21.7	90.6
2010	480	17.0	28.2	90.2
2011	532	n/a	n/a	88
2012	474	21.0	22.5	n/a
2013	466	18.5	25.1	87.8
2014	423	17.0	24.8	88.2
2015	414	17.0	24.3	90.8
2016	378	15.0	25.2	88.9
2017	357	16.1	22.0	88
2018	359	15.1	23.6	90
2019	360	14.1	25.4	88.3
2020	362	n/a	n/a	93.6
2021	350	19.3	18.1	96.6
2022	322	14.3	22.4	95.7
2023	314	14.9	20.9	93

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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