Schools in Zip Code 48625

In zip code 48625, serving the Harrison, MI area, there are three public schools within the Harrison Community Schools district: Robert M Larson Elementary School (grades K-5), Harrison Middle School (grades 6-8), and Harrison Community High School (grades 9-12). This is a district facing significant socioeconomic challenges, with 76% to 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and academic proficiency rates consistently trail state averages across most subjects and grade levels.

The standout story here is Harrison Community High School, which boasts an exceptional 94.5% graduation rate—well above the state average of 84.0%—despite low test scores. This suggests the school is effective at keeping students on track to earn a diploma, even if only 19.7% of 11th graders are proficient in SAT Math. In contrast, Harrison Middle School shows a troubling trend: 8th-grade Science proficiency plummeted from 43.9% (above the state average) in 2024-2025 to just 18.2% in 2025-2026, a dramatic one-year drop that warrants investigation. Robert M Larson Elementary School is the largest school with 582 students, nearly double the size of the other two, and has the highest poverty rate at 83.16%.

Chronic absenteeism is a systemic issue, affecting roughly one in three students at every school—ranging from 30.8% at the elementary to 36.3% at the middle school. Despite spending well above the state average per pupil (from $17,230 at the middle school to $19,293 at the high school), academic outcomes remain low, indicating that financial resources alone aren't overcoming the barriers of poverty and absenteeism. There is one glimmer of hope: the 9th-grade PSAT scores for 2025-2026 show ELA proficiency at 59% (near the state's 60.2%) and Math at 32.5% (just one point below the state average), suggesting the newest high school cohort may be better prepared than previous classes.