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Harrisburg Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 1003 S Illinois St, Harrisburg, Poinsett County, 72432

493
Pupils
16.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Harrisburg Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Harrisburg, Poinsett County. The school has 493 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jay Murphree. It is part of the Harrisburg School District school district. It serves grades Kโ€“6 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.

School details

Principal
Jay Murphree
School district
Harrisburg School District

Enrollment & staffing

Harrisburg Elementary School enrolls 493 students across grades Kโ€“6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 30.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.

Male students
267 (54%)
Female students
226 (46%)
Teachers (FTE)
30.0
Student-teacher ratio
16.4:1
Grade span
Kโ€“6

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% White, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino and 2.8% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White44690%
Hispanic or Latino204.1%
Two or more races142.8%
Black or African American112.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

145 of the school's 493 students (29%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Rural, DistantGrades Kโ€“6

Harrisburg Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-10.

School district: HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT

Harrisburg Elementary School is one of 3 schools in HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in HARRISBURG, Arkansas. The district serves 1,070 students district-wide and employs 94 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 493 students, Harrisburg Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 357 students per school.

1,070
District students
3
Schools
94
Teachers (FTE)

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