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The highest-poverty public elementary schools in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Across Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 37 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Melrose Sch leads the list at 113%, against a median of 73.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
37
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Top % FRL
113%
Median % FRL
73.2%
HIGHEST POVERTY · DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
1Melrose SchHarrisburg, PAHarrisburg City SDElementary536113%
2South Side El SchHarrisburg, PACentral Dauphin SDElementary603112%
3Benjamin Franklin SchHarrisburg, PAHarrisburg City SDElementary678109%
4Phillips El SchHarrisburg, PACentral Dauphin SDElementary393105%
5Tri-Community El SchSteelton, PACentral Dauphin SDElementary427103%
6Rutherford El SchHarrisburg, PACentral Dauphin SDElementary461103%
7Mountain View El SchHarrisburg, PACentral Dauphin SDElementary373101%
8Scott at Lincoln SchoolHarrisburg, PAHarrisburg City SDElementary484101%
9Downey SchHarrisburg, PAHarrisburg City SDElementary405101%
10Paxtang El SchHarrisburg, PACentral Dauphin SDElementary28199.6%
11Paxtonia El SchHarrisburg, PACentral Dauphin SDElementary68299.3%
12Foose SchHarrisburg, PAHarrisburg City SDElementary52297.9%
13North Side El SchHarrisburg, PACentral Dauphin SDElementary72297.6%
14Linglestown El SchHarrisburg, PACentral Dauphin SDElementary47596.8%
15Chambers Hill El SchHarrisburg, PACentral Dauphin SDElementary25796.5%
16Sylvan Heights Science CSHarrisburg, PASylvan Heights Science CSElementary21796.3%
17Lawnton El SchHarrisburg, PACentral Dauphin SDElementary31091.9%
18Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CSHarrisburg, PAPennsylvania STEAM Academy CSElementary36077.5%
19Sara Lindemuth El SchHarrisburg, PASusquehanna Township SDElementary75873.2%
20Thomas W Holtzman Jr El SchHarrisburg, PASusquehanna Township SDElementary79272.9%
21Fink El SchMiddletown, PAMiddletown Area SDElementary25772.4%
22Robert Reid El SchMiddletown, PAMiddletown Area SDElementary41071.5%
23Kunkel El SchMiddletown, PAMiddletown Area SDElementary36959.9%
24Upper Dauphin Area El SchLykens, PAUpper Dauphin Area SDElementary37359.8%
25Halifax Area El SchHalifax, PAHalifax Area SDElementary34950.4%
26Lenkerville Elementary SchoolMillersburg, PAMillersburg Area SDElementary32450.0%
27Londonderry El SchMiddletown, PALower Dauphin SDElementary23448.3%
28Nye El SchHummelstown, PALower Dauphin SDElementary31739.4%
29West Hanover El SchHarrisburg, PACentral Dauphin SDElementary58936.7%
30East Hanover El SchGrantville, PALower Dauphin SDElementary33330.6%
31Middle Paxton El SchDauphin, PACentral Dauphin SDElementary28930.4%
32Hershey Early Childhood CtrHershey, PADerry Township SDElementary42030.0%
33Hershey Primary El SchHershey, PADerry Township SDElementary42729.0%
34Conewago El SchElizabethtown, PALower Dauphin SDElementary23928.5%
35Hershey Intrmd El SchHershey, PADerry Township SDElementary47926.7%
36South Hanover El SchHershey, PALower Dauphin SDElementary37119.4%
37Infinity CSHarrisburg, PAInfinity CSElementary25619.1%
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