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==Education== [[File:Washington Middle School NJ.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|alt=Washington Middle School|Washington Middle School]] The [[Harrison Public Schools]] serves students in [[kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]. The district is one of 31 former [[Abbott district]]s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] in ''Abbott v. Burke''<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the ''Abbott v. Burke'' case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."</ref> 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]].<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref> 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 [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 14.5:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3406870&DistrictID=3406870 District information for Harrison Public Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808195141/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3406870&DistrictID=3406870 |date=August 8, 2017 }}, [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406870 School Data for the Harrison Public Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107060323/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406870 |date=November 7, 2017 }}, [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref>) are Harrison Early Childhood Program<ref>[http://www.harrisonschools.org/schools/early_childhood_program Harrison Early Childhood Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120074424/http://www.harrisonschools.org/schools/early_childhood_program |date=November 20, 2019 }}, Harrison Public Schools. Accessed May 9, 2020.</ref> (grades Pre-K3 and Pre-K4), Lincoln Elementary School<ref>[http://les.harrisonschools.org/ Lincoln Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120182119/http://les.harrisonschools.org/ |date=November 20, 2019 }}, Harrison Public Schools. Accessed May 9, 2020.</ref> with 620 students in grades Pre-K to 3, Hamilton Intermediate School<ref>[http://his.harrisonschools.org/ Hamilton Intermediate School]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120182110/http://his.harrisonschools.org/ |date=November 20, 2019 }}, Harrison Public Schools. Accessed May 9, 2020.</ref> with 307 students in grades 4–5, Washington Middle School<ref>[http://wms.harrisonschools.org/ Washington Middle School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120182124/http://wms.harrisonschools.org/ |date=November 20, 2019 }}, Harrison Public Schools. Accessed May 9, 2020.</ref> with 438 students in grades 6–8, and [[Harrison High School (New Jersey)|Harrison High School]]<ref>[http://hhs.harrisonschools.org/ Harrison High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424132216/http://hhs.harrisonschools.org/ |date=April 24, 2020 }}, Harrison Public Schools. Accessed May 9, 2020.</ref> with 692 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[http://www.harrisonschools.org/schools Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120182059/http://www.harrisonschools.org/schools |date=November 20, 2019 }}, Harrison Public Schools. Accessed May 9, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/2060 New Jersey School Directory for the Harrison Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Holy Cross School of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]] operated until 2009, when it merged into Mater Dei Academy in [[Kearny, New Jersey|Kearny]]; the merged school closed in 2012.<ref name=StarLedger8more>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2012/02/archdiocese_of_newark_to_close.html|title=Archdiocese of Newark to close 8 more parochial schools|newspaper=[[The Star Ledger]]|date=February 28, 2012|access-date=June 24, 2020|archive-date=June 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626225212/https://www.nj.com/news/2012/02/archdiocese_of_newark_to_close.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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