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The highest-poverty public schools in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public schools in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, drawn from 66 qualifying public schools. Rowland Academy leads the list at 164%, against a median of 68.2% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Top % FRL

163%

Median % FRL

68.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Rowland Academy	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	Middle	353	164%
2	Melrose Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	Elementary	536	113%
3	South Side El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	603	112%
4	Benjamin Franklin Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	Elementary	678	109%
5	Cougar Academy	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	Combined	300	107%
6	Swatara MS	Steelton, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Middle	611	105%
7	Phillips El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	393	105%
8	Tri-Community El Sch	Steelton, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	427	103%
9	Rutherford El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	461	103%
10	Central Dauphin East SHS	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	High	1,573	102%
11	Mountain View El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	373	101%
12	Scott at Lincoln School	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	Elementary	484	101%
13	Downey Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	Elementary	405	101%
14	Paxtang El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	281	99.6%
15	Harrisburg HS	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	High	1,343	99.4%
16	Paxtonia El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	682	99.3%
17	Dauphin County Technical School	Harrisburg, PA	Dauphin County Technical School	High	1,187	99.1%
18	Foose Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	Elementary	522	97.9%
19	North Side El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	722	97.6%
20	Linglestown MS	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Middle	841	96.9%
21	Linglestown El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	475	96.8%
22	Chambers Hill El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	257	96.5%
23	Sylvan Heights Science CS	Harrisburg, PA	Sylvan Heights Science CS	Elementary	217	96.3%
24	Central Dauphin East MS	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Middle	702	94.4%
25	Marshall Math Science Academy	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	Middle	408	93.1%
26	Harrisburg HS - SciTech Cmp	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	High	347	93.1%
27	Lawnton El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	310	91.9%
28	Williams Valley JSHS	Tower City, PA	Williams Valley SD	High	433	79.9%
29	Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS	Harrisburg, PA	Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS	Elementary	360	77.5%
30	Sara Lindemuth El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Susquehanna Township SD	Elementary	758	73.2%
31	Thomas W Holtzman Jr El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Susquehanna Township SD	Elementary	792	72.9%
32	Fink El Sch	Middletown, PA	Middletown Area SD	Elementary	257	72.4%
33	Robert Reid El Sch	Middletown, PA	Middletown Area SD	Elementary	410	71.5%
34	Camp Curtin Academy	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	Middle	724	64.9%
35	Susquehanna Twp HS	Harrisburg, PA	Susquehanna Township SD	High	767	64.7%
36	Susquehanna Twp MS	Harrisburg, PA	Susquehanna Township SD	Middle	820	63.0%
37	Middletown Area MS	Middletown, PA	Middletown Area SD	Middle	534	60.7%
38	Kunkel El Sch	Middletown, PA	Middletown Area SD	Elementary	369	59.9%
39	Upper Dauphin Area El Sch	Lykens, PA	Upper Dauphin Area SD	Elementary	373	59.8%
40	Upper Dauphin Area MS	Lykens, PA	Upper Dauphin Area SD	Middle	302	55.3%
41	Halifax Area MS	Halifax, PA	Halifax Area SD	Middle	263	51.7%
42	Middletown Area HS	Middletown, PA	Middletown Area SD	High	702	50.7%
43	Halifax Area El Sch	Halifax, PA	Halifax Area SD	Elementary	349	50.4%
44	Lenkerville Elementary School	Millersburg, PA	Millersburg Area SD	Elementary	324	50.0%
45	Upper Dauphin Area HS	Elizabethville, PA	Upper Dauphin Area SD	High	331	48.9%
46	Millersburg Area High School	Millersburg, PA	Millersburg Area SD	High	207	48.8%
47	Londonderry El Sch	Middletown, PA	Lower Dauphin SD	Elementary	234	48.3%
48	Nye El Sch	Hummelstown, PA	Lower Dauphin SD	Elementary	317	39.4%
49	Halifax Area HS	Halifax, PA	Halifax Area SD	High	234	37.6%
50	Central Dauphin MS	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Middle	834	36.7%

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