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The highest-performing public high schools in science in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

15 public high schools in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in science, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state science standard. Hershey High School leads the list at 79.3%, against a median of 41.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Top % Proficient (Science)

79.3%

Median % Proficient (Science)

41.8%

BEST IN SCIENCE · DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Science)	Rank change
1	Hershey High School	Hershey, PA	Derry Township SD	High	1,050	79.3%	no change
2	Capital Area School for the Arts CS	Harrisburg, PA	Capital Area School for the Arts CS	High	193	74.4%	no change
3	Dauphin County Technical School	Harrisburg, PA	Dauphin County Technical School	High	1,187	66.4%	▲ 4
4	Lower Dauphin High School	Hummelstown, PA	Lower Dauphin SD	High	1,057	63.2%	▼ 1
5	Millersburg Area High School	Millersburg, PA	Millersburg Area SD	High	207	58.5%	▲ 6
6	Middletown Area High School	Middletown, PA	Middletown Area SD	High	702	47.2%	▲ 6
7	Central Dauphin SHS	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	High	1,966	46.5%	▼ 2
8	Halifax Area High School	Halifax, PA	Halifax Area SD	High	234	41.8%	▼ 2
9	Upper Dauphin Area High School	Elizabethville, PA	Upper Dauphin Area SD	High	331	37.8%	▼ 5
10	Susquehanna Twp High School	Harrisburg, PA	Susquehanna Township SD	High	767	34.0%	▼ 2
11	Harrisburg HS - SciTech Cmp	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	High	347	29.0%	▼ 2
12	Central Dauphin East SHS	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	High	1,573	22.9%	▲ 1
13	Williams Valley JSHS	Tower City, PA	Williams Valley SD	High	433	18.8%	▼ 3
14	Steelton-Highspire High School	Steelton, PA	Steelton-Highspire SD	High	612	11.3%	no change
15	Harrisburg High School	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	High	1,343	4.6%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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