Harrison Public Schools

Harrison Public Schools includes five schools—three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school—serving students from elementary through high school. The latest test results show broad achievement gaps: the schools’ average ELA proficiency is 35%, compared with 51% statewide, and every reported current ELA result is below its state comparison. The most important area-wide finding is that results generally lag the state, especially in ELA.

Washington Middle School has the clearest bright spot: 86% of eighth graders were proficient in Algebra I, 12 percentage points above the state, even as regular eighth-grade math was 12%—11 points below. Hamilton Intermediate School was close to the state in fifth-grade math, at 45% versus 46%. At the weaker end, Harrison High School reported 5% proficiency in 11th-grade science versus 29% statewide, and 36% in 11th-grade math versus 61%. These are grade-specific results and do not support a fair direct ranking of schools. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings also place Harrison High at the 12th percentile, compared with 24th for Lincoln Elementary School and 33rd for Washington.

Changes over time are mixed. Lincoln’s third-grade ELA rose by 5 points and math by 1 point, while Hamilton’s fourth- and fifth-grade ELA fell by 9 and 3 points; Hamilton’s fifth-grade math improved by 4. Across the reported grades, the average ELA gap widened from 14 points in 2024–2025 to 16 points in 2025–2026. SchoolDigger’s ranking for Harrison High fell from the 34th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 12th in 2025–2026, while Lincoln’s rose from the 19th to the 24th. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 75% at Kennedy Elementary School to 90% at Harrison High; Lincoln’s student-teacher ratio was 9.2, compared with 15.9 at Harrison High. These are useful school-context details, not explanations for test results.