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The public elementary schools with the highest share of Black students in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

This ranking covers the public elementary schools with the highest share of Black students in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, drawn from 40 qualifying public elementary schools. Sylvan Heights Science CS leads the list at 68.2%, against a median of 14.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Top % Black

68.2%

Median % Black

14.6%

MOST BLACK · DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black
1	Sylvan Heights Science CS	Harrisburg, PA	Sylvan Heights Science CS	217	68.2%(148)
2	Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS	Harrisburg, PA	Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS	360	66.9%(241)
3	Downey Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	405	49.9%(202)
4	Steelton-Highspire El Sch	Steelton, PA	Steelton-Highspire SD	821	47.9%(393)
5	Benjamin Franklin Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	678	45.3%(307)
6	Steele School	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	362	44.2%(160)
7	Scott at Lincoln School	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	484	41.9%(203)
8	Foose Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	522	38.5%(201)
9	Melrose Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	536	36.9%(198)
10	Tri-Community El Sch	Steelton, PA	Central Dauphin SD	427	35.4%(151)
11	Thomas W Holtzman Jr El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Susquehanna Township SD	792	30.3%(240)
12	Sara Lindemuth El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Susquehanna Township SD	758	29.9%(227)
13	South Side El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	603	29.2%(176)
14	Phillips El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	393	29.0%(114)
15	Rutherford El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	461	28.2%(130)
16	Paxtang El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	281	26.0%(73)
17	North Side El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	722	24.9%(180)
18	Lawnton El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	310	20.3%(63)
19	Chambers Hill El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	257	18.3%(47)
20	Fink El Sch	Middletown, PA	Middletown Area SD	257	16.3%(42)
21	Paxtonia El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	682	12.9%(88)
22	Infinity CS	Harrisburg, PA	Infinity CS	256	12.5%(32)
23	Robert Reid El Sch	Middletown, PA	Middletown Area SD	410	10.5%(43)
24	Linglestown El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	475	9.5%(45)
25	Mountain View El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	373	8.6%(32)
26	Hershey Intrmd El Sch	Hershey, PA	Derry Township SD	479	7.5%(36)
27	West Hanover El Sch	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	589	7.5%(44)
28	Hershey Early Childhood Ctr	Hershey, PA	Derry Township SD	420	6.4%(27)
29	Kunkel El Sch	Middletown, PA	Middletown Area SD	369	5.7%(21)
30	Hershey Primary El Sch	Hershey, PA	Derry Township SD	427	5.2%(22)
31	Middle Paxton El Sch	Dauphin, PA	Central Dauphin SD	289	4.8%(14)
32	South Hanover El Sch	Hershey, PA	Lower Dauphin SD	371	4.0%(15)
33	Halifax Area El Sch	Halifax, PA	Halifax Area SD	349	3.1%(11)
34	Londonderry El Sch	Middletown, PA	Lower Dauphin SD	234	2.6%(6)
35	Upper Dauphin Area El Sch	Lykens, PA	Upper Dauphin Area SD	373	2.1%(8)
36	Millersburg El Sch	Millersburg, PA	Millersburg Area SD	287	2.1%(6)
37	Lenkerville Elementary School	Millersburg, PA	Millersburg Area SD	324	1.9%
38	Conewago El Sch	Elizabethtown, PA	Lower Dauphin SD	239	1.7%(4)
39	Nye El Sch	Hummelstown, PA	Lower Dauphin SD	317	1.6%(5)
40	East Hanover El Sch	Grantville, PA	Lower Dauphin SD	333	0.6%(2)

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