The Harrison Public School District is a comprehensive public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, located in the municipality of Harrison, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Harrison is located west of New York City, and is sandwiched between Newark (the state's largest city) to the west and Jersey City to the east. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 2,409 students and 166.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1. The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. Students from the neighboring borough of East Newark attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the East Newark School District. Schools Schools in the district (with 2019 - 20 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: Harrison Early Childhood Program (grades Pre-K3 and PreK4) Kennedy Elementary School (grades Pre-K - 1) JoAnn Botch, Principal Steven Valente, Assistant Principal Lincoln Elementary School with 562 students in grades 2-3 Amy M. Heberling, Principal Hamilton Intermediate School with 307 students in grades 4-5 Kevin Stahl, Principal Middle school Washington Middle School with 417 students in grades 6-8 Michael Landy, Principal Kevin Barber, Assistant Principal High school Harrison High School with 692 students in grades 9-12 Matthew D. Weber, Principal Kimberly Huaranga, Assistant Principal Steve Lipski, Assistant Principal New schools and grade realignment The construction of a new structure to house Harrison High School began in January, 2005, and was completed in the summer of 2007 in time for the 2007-2008 school year. The new Harrison High School is located at the intersection of Kingsland Avenue and Hamilton Street in the northeastern corner