School starts at 9:00 AM and it ends at 3:25 PM. Students go to school 182 days a year. State law requires 180 days, and the state average is about 181 days.
Students get 30 minutes for lunch. They have recess. The highest grade that gets recess is 2.
Jerome Harrison School serves students from Grade PK to 2.
A total of 414 students attended Jerome Harrison School in the 2013-14 school year. The breakdown by gender and race is below:
The ratio of students versus certified staff is below, broken down by type of staff member.
The total number of staff members is below.
The average age of general education teachers in 2012 was 48.5.
The average experience of general education teachers in 2012 was 17.9 years.
Administrators, Coordinators, Department Chairs are included in the breakdown below.
Teacher salaries are broken down by subject type below. Note that averages for the state and similar schools compare teachers across all grade levels.
In the 2012-13 school year, students spent
519 hours in an English Language Arts class,
270 hours in a math class,
70 hours in a science class
and 69 hours in a social studies class
. Note: Averages for similar schools and statewide schools don't include schools that do not offer the given subject. For example, not all schools offer world languages so they are not included in the averages.
Below you can see the first grade in which a given non-ELL foreign language is offered. If blank, it was not offered in the 2012-13 school year.
First grade in which a non-ELL foreign language is offered in 2012-13
Spanish |
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French |
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Latin |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Chinese |
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Schools are classified in one of six categories, based on the progress of students in each school, as measured by test scores for the CMT and CAPT and high school graduation rates. The top classification is (1) Excelling, followed by (2) Progressing, (3) Transitioning, (4) Review, (5) Focus and (6) Turnaround. (More information
here.)
This school was classified as Progressing for the 2012-13 school year.
Among students entering kindergarten, 96.4 percent of them had preschool experience in 2012-13. The statewide average was 79.4 percent.
In 2011-12, 84.9 percent of them had preschool experience. The statewide average was 79.6 percent.
The average class sizes are split by grade below.
Average class size, by grade
Below are the average daily attendance, broken down by subgroups: gender, high-need students and race.
High-needs student attendance is below. If the value is unavailable, then the school either a) does not have enough students in the category for the data to be released or b) does not have any students in that categorization.
This is the daily average attendance, by race. If the value is 0, then the school either a) does not have enough students in the category for the data to be released or b) does not have any students in that categorization.
At this school, 12.6 percent of students were eligible for free or reduced lunch in the 2013-14 school year.
Students whose families make less than 130 percent of the poverty level are eligible for free meals. Those whose families make between 130 and 185 percent of the poverty level are eligible for reduced lunch. (
Poverty level for 2014 can be seen here.)
At some schools, 100 percent of the students are eligible because of the "
Community Eligibility Provision." If 40 percent of a school's students received free meals through a list of approved programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, all students at the school can receive free lunches and breakfasts without an application.
Students whose dominant language is not English. Note: The value of "5" indicates that five or fewer student speak the language.
In the 2011-12 school years, this school had 27.5 full-time equivalent non-certified staff.
The number of disciplinary incidents is broken down by the incidents and rate (per 1,000 students).
Below is the incident breakdown for the 2012-13 school year:
Schools must keep track of their media and technology resources and report them each year.
Resources
Students per computer |
2.7 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
3.9 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
Pct connected to internet |
100% |
99.8% |
98.0% |
100% |
100.0% |
98.4% |
Pct connected to high-speed internet |
100% |
99.7% |
98.0% |
100% |
99.9% |
98.3% |
Pct of rooms connected to local area network |
100% |
100.0% |
98.7% |
100% |
100.0% |
99.0% |
Pct of rooms connected to internet |
100% |
100.0% |
99.6% |
100% |
100.0% |
99.8% |
Wireless network in school? |
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Y |
-- |
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Library in school? |
Y |
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Y |
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Volumes per student |
29 |
43.9 |
29.5 |
30 |
46.8 |
32.9 |
Periodical subscriptions |
3 |
18.8 |
21.5 |
3 |
19.5 |
21.1 |
Computers in library media center |
3 |
15.7 |
21.7 |
3 |
17.1 |
23.1 |
Nonprint materials in library |
330 |
437.0 |
513.2 |
330 |
422.0 |
495.2 |