NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NC

Best-Resourced Schools in Harrisburg, NC

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

5 public K-12 schools in Harrisburg from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

4,926

Students

40.6/100

Avg Resource Index

17.9:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Harrisburg has more public-school enrollment than 55% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Harrisburg sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Harrisburg's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 18-point gap between Harrisburg Elementary and A.C.E. Academy shows the range hidden by Harrisburg's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment: Top 45%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 48th percentile
Teacher staffing: 26th percentile

Hickory Ridge High accounts for 33.9% of all Harrisburg public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Harrisburg-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Harrisburg school enrollment varies 4.0× across entities

Harrisburg school enrollment ranges from 421 students (lowest) to 1,671 students (highest), a spread of 1,250 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Harrisburg student-teacher ratio is 17.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Harrisburg is typically wider than the Harrisburg-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

1 of Harrisburg's 5 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Harrisburg Elementary	48	850	Combined	Cabarrus County Schools
2.	Hickory Ridge Elementary	44	927	elementary	Cabarrus County Schools
3.	Hickory Ridge Middle	42	1,057	middle	Cabarrus County Schools
4.	Hickory Ridge High	39	1,671	high	Cabarrus County Schools
5.	A.C.E. Academy	30	421	elementary	A.C.E. Academy

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Harrisburg

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which Harrisburg school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Harrisburg Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Harrisburg schools in this federal-data comparison at 48/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Harrisburg, NC? ▼

Harrisburg has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,926 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.