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The lowest-performing public elementary schools by test proficiency in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Across Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 31 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by the lowest composite state-assessment proficiency. Downey School leads the list at 4.9%, against a median of 53.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Best % Proficient

4.9%

Median % Proficient

53.6%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Downey School	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	Elementary	101%	405	4.9%
2	Scott at Lincoln School	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	Elementary	101%	484	8.8%
3	Foose School	Harrisburg, PA	Harrisburg City SD	Elementary	97.9%	522	11.3%
4	Thomas W Holtzman Jr Elementary School	Harrisburg, PA	Susquehanna Township SD	Elementary	72.9%	792	24.9%
5	Sylvan Heights Science CS	Harrisburg, PA	Sylvan Heights Science CS	Elementary	96.3%	217	31.6%
6	Lawnton Elementary School	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	91.9%	310	32.2%
7	Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS	Harrisburg, PA	Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS	Elementary	77.5%	360	32.7%
8	Tri-Community Elementary School	Steelton, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	103%	427	33.0%
9	Chambers Hill Elementary School	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	96.5%	257	39.0%
10	Paxtang Elementary School	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	99.6%	281	42.6%
11	Rutherford Elementary School	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	103%	461	46.9%
12	Robert Reid Elementary School	Middletown, PA	Middletown Area SD	Elementary	71.5%	410	51.4%
13	Londonderry Elementary School	Middletown, PA	Lower Dauphin SD	Elementary	48.3%	234	51.5%
14	Fink Elementary School	Middletown, PA	Middletown Area SD	Elementary	72.4%	257	51.9%
15	East Hanover Elementary School	Grantville, PA	Lower Dauphin SD	Elementary	30.6%	333	52.4%
16	Halifax Area Elementary School	Halifax, PA	Halifax Area SD	Elementary	50.4%	349	53.6%
17	North Side Elementary School	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	97.6%	722	55.4%
18	Nye Elementary School	Hummelstown, PA	Lower Dauphin SD	Elementary	39.4%	317	58.1%
19	Mountain View Elementary School	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	101%	373	58.1%
20	Middle Paxton Elementary School	Dauphin, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	30.4%	289	59.4%
21	Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School	Lykens, PA	Upper Dauphin Area SD	Elementary	59.8%	373	60.2%
22	Kunkel Elementary School	Middletown, PA	Middletown Area SD	Elementary	59.9%	369	61.2%
23	Lenkerville Elementary School	Millersburg, PA	Millersburg Area SD	Elementary	50.0%	324	63.2%
24	Paxtonia Elementary School	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	99.3%	682	65.7%
25	Linglestown Elementary School	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	96.8%	475	66.1%
26	West Hanover Elementary School	Harrisburg, PA	Central Dauphin SD	Elementary	36.7%	589	71.4%
27	Conewago Elementary School	Elizabethtown, PA	Lower Dauphin SD	Elementary	28.5%	239	71.8%
28	Hershey Intrmd Elementary School	Hershey, PA	Derry Township SD	Elementary	26.7%	479	77.0%
29	Hershey Primary Elementary School	Hershey, PA	Derry Township SD	Elementary	29.0%	427	78.0%
30	South Hanover Elementary School	Hershey, PA	Lower Dauphin SD	Elementary	19.4%	371	79.7%
31	Infinity CS	Harrisburg, PA	Infinity CS	Elementary	19.1%	256	80.3%

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