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Harrison Town School District

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Harrison Town School District is located in northeast New Jersey. Harrison Town School District has 1.20 square miles of land area and 0.12 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Harrison Town School District population is 14,436. Harrison Town School District median household income is $53,772 in 2010-2014. Harrison Town School District median house value is $297,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Harrison Town School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (230 out of 285, bottom 19%) Elementary/Middle School: (439 out of 515, bottom 15%)* Rank: #483
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	14,436 (2010-2014), rank #219
Population Growth	0.47% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	10,946.22/sq mi, rank #21
Median Household Income:	$53,772 at 2010-2014—8.42% increase since 2005-2009, rank #491
Median House Price:	$297,300 at 2010-2014—-13.15% increase since 2005-2009, rank #315
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	1.20 sq mi, rank #491
Water Area:	0.12 sq mi (8.76%), rank #357
State:	New Jersey
County:	Hudson County
City:	Harrison
Zip:	07029
Area:	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA

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Harrison Town School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

501 Hamilton St

Harrison NJ, 07029, Hudson County

Phone: 973-483-4627

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,036	2,076	2,031	2,288	1,938	1,818	1,820
English Language Learner Students:	109	203	207	136	132	127	NA
Total Teachers:	159.50	157.01	153.50	153.50	151.00	151.20	124.00
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	5.00	4.00
Kindergarten:	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	9.00	8.00	8.00
Elementary:	86.00	82.00	78.50	77.50	76.00	64.50	9.00
Secondary:	50.50	50.01	53.00	54.00	52.00	65.70	63.20
Ungraded:	16.00	17.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	8.00	18.00
Total Other Staff:	173.00	159.87	103.50	105.00	107.00	62.30	62.40
Instructional Aides:	37.00	35.00	28.50	25.50	28.00	22.00	44.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	7.00	3.75	3.90	3.90	4.00	10.00	9.40
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	4.00	2.60	2.60	3.00	0.60	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	1.60	1.60	2.00	NA	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	3.00	4.00	NA	NA	NA	0.60	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	4.00	3.97	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	11.00	12.00	8.00	9.00	8.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	12.00	11.90	10.00	13.00	13.00	8.60	3.00
School Administrative Support:	15.00	15.00	9.00	8.00	7.00	0.00	NA
Student Support Services:	23.00	18.25	18.00	18.00	18.00	17.10	1.00
Other Support Services:	61.00	56.00	20.50	22.00	22.00	0.00	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.76	13.22	13.23	14.91	12.83	12.02	14.68

Schools

Hamilton Intermediate School	Grade 4 to Grade 5	223 Hamilton St, Harrison NJ 07029
Harrison High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	800 Hamilton St, Harrison NJ 07029
Lincoln Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	221 Cross St, Harrison NJ 07029
Washington Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	One Nortrh Fifth St, Harrison NJ 07029

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ASK Test
2004	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	85.5%	79.4%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	87.6%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	85.4%	82.4%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	79.5%	83.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	87.8%	86.1%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	60.2%	62.9%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	41.8%	59.8%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	47.1%	63.0%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	57.1%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	54.5%	66.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	84.6%	76.6%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	87.6%	82.5%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	92.2%	86.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	88.2%	87.3%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	89.5%	86.8%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	68.0%	75.4%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	67.5%	78.3%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	59.9%	78.9%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	70.2%	78.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	71.7%	77.7%
2003	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	56.3%	77.6%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	74.4%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	74.2%	81.6%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	70.8%	80.0%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	77.4%	80.6%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	80.7%	82.7%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	43.6%	63.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	44.3%	59.7%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	40.1%	62.7%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	37.1%	58.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	47.7%	59.4%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	49.2%	68.0%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	62.4%	72.1%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	66.2%	80.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	82.5%	82.3%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	78.0%	84.7%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	83.5%	84.9%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	59.0%	73.1%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	66.6%	77.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	66.9%	79.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	65.0%	77.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	67.2%	78.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	60.8%	81.1%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	77.5%	82.3%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	72.1%	83.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	78.5%	85.1%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	89.8%	91.1%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	90.2%	93.5%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	86.4%	90.0%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	86.9%	91.3%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	82.9%	89.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	86.9%	88.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	50.0%	60.0%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	61.3%	66.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	51.2%	63.3%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	48.9%	60.9%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	50.0%	62.1%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	50.3%	61.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	84.6%	84.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	70.5%	76.6%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	68.2%	77.6%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	67.7%	79.0%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	69.1%	80.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	78.2%	83.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	75.2%	79.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	66.1%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	50.5%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	68.0%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	56.8%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	51.8%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	51.9%	66.2%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	80.3%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	67.0%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	60.3%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	56.2%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	66.2%	77.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	67.2%	78.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	77.4%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	76.2%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	70.4%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	63.7%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	46.1%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	43.2%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	55.1%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	65.8%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	64.3%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	54.6%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	54.8%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	54.2%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	52.6%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	58.1%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	83.1%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	78.1%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	79.6%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	82.6%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	83.0%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	77.9%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	55.1%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	65.7%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	52.6%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	62.3%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	65.3%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	65.7%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	76.3%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	77.3%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	77.9%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	77.4%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	81.6%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	67.1%	79.0%
GEPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	73.8%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	57.3%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	59.2%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	64.4%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	72.2%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	33.3%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	44.2%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	41.1%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	35.3%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	47.7%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	42.1%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	59.7%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	63.9%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	67.2%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	72.0%	78.9%
HSPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	78.8%	80.1%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	77.1%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	65.9%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	77.4%	83.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	83.6%	85.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	62.6%	83.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	77.2%	84.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	82.0%	88.0%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	84.4%	89.6%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	88.3%	91.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	84.5%	91.6%
2003	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	70.7%	65.9%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	65.9%	70.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	60.8%	75.5%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	68.3%	75.9%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	71.4%	73.4%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	50.4%	75.4%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	66.7%	73.7%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	65.7%	75.0%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	68.1%	75.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	75.2%	79.3%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	71.1%	79.7%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% proficient	52.4%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$47,128,000	$23,204		$39,778,000	$17,385		$38,209,000	$19,716
Federal:	$3,365,000	$1,657	7.1%	$2,916,000	$1,274	7.3%	$6,231,000	$3,215	16.3%
State:	$32,599,000	$16,051	69.2%	$26,133,000	$11,422	65.7%	$21,676,000	$11,185	56.7%
Local:	$11,164,000	$5,497	23.7%	$10,729,000	$4,689	27.0%	$10,302,000	$5,316	27.0%
Total Expenditures:	$43,524,000	$21,430		$39,866,000	$17,424		$44,078,000	$22,744
Total Current Expenditures:	$34,592,000	$17,032		$31,874,000	$13,931		$36,649,000	$18,911
Instructional Expenditures:	$19,497,000	$9,600	56.4%	$17,993,000	$7,864	56.5%	$22,728,000	$11,728	62.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$5,327,000	$2,623	15.4%	$5,249,000	$2,294	16.5%	$5,105,000	$2,634	13.9%
Administration:	$3,544,000	$1,745	10.2%	$3,259,000	$1,424	10.2%	$3,169,000	$1,635	8.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,224,000	$3,065	18.0%	$5,373,000	$2,348	16.9%	$5,647,000	$2,914	15.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,659,000	$817		$290,000	$127		$356,000	$184
Construction:	$1,403,000	$691		$177,000	$77		$70,000	$36
Total Other:	$185,000	$91		$158,000	$69		$75,000	$39
Interest on Debt:	$0	$0		$500,000	$219		$350,000	$181

Total Salary:	$20,435,000	$10,062		$19,787,000	$8,648		$22,945,000	$11,840
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$12,542,000	$6,175	61.4%	$12,284,000	$5,369	62.1%	$16,018,000	$8,265	69.8%
Other Salary:	$7,893,000	$3,886	38.6%	$7,503,000	$3,279	37.9%	$6,927,000	$3,574	30.2%
Total Benefit:	$9,326,000	$4,592		$7,824,000	$3,420		$7,782,000	$4,015
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,676,000	$2,795	60.9%	$4,691,000	$2,050	60.0%	$5,072,000	$2,617	65.2%
Other Benefit:	$3,650,000	$1,797	39.1%	$3,133,000	$1,369	40.0%	$2,710,000	$1,398	34.8%

* Harrison Town School District was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.