About Us

Located in Northeast Raleigh, Harris Creek Elementary is a vibrant multi-track, year-round school community dedicated to student success. Proudly known as the Eagles, we live by our S.O.A.R. principles in all that we do:  Safety, On-Task, Accountable, and Respect. These core values guide our students and staff each day as we learn, grow, and soar together.

Mission & Vision

Harris Creek's Mission is to work as a community to provide a positive, challenging learning environment that will educate all students to become responsible and productive citizens in a changing world.

We strive to be a distinguished, diverse learning community where students, staff, and parents collaborate to achieve high student growth and build partnerships with the greater community today to produce effective 21st-century leaders tomorrow.

Our History

Harris Creek originally opened in August 2005 at the modular campus behind East Millbrook Middle School on Spring Forest Road.  That was a fun event that included water being turned on the day before school started, cubbies being drilled into the wall during parent orientation, and lunch being trucked in every day until the building housing the cafeteria was completed!

We were there for one year while the permanent building was being built.  During the summer of 2006, HCES was packed up, moved to the beautiful permanent location, and reopened in August 2006.  The building, the staff count, and the student count all doubled in size!  In July 2007, HCES transitioned once again into a multi-track year-round school.