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Enrollment
724
Middle
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISBURG CITY SD·NCES 421158007485
Camp Curtin Academy
2900 N 6th Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110 · (717) 703-4200 · Dauphin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL724 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
470 students
DISTRICT 104% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 400 | 55% |
| Grade 7 | 169 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 155 | 21% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
9.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
1.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 1 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9.8% | 1.1% |
| 2023-24 | 11.2% | 0.3% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
6.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-43.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Camp Curtin Academy
Camp Curtin Academy's state test result (6.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Curtin Academy this school | 724 | 64.9% | 6.7% |
| Marshall Math Science Academy Harrisburg | 408 | 93.1% | 32.3% |
| Clemente Roberto Middle School Philadelphia | 259 | 78.4% | 5.0% |
| Elkins Park School Elkins Park | 569 | 53.8% | 47.4% |
| Cedarbrook Middle School Wyncote | 672 | 49.6% | 43.3% |
| Scott Middle School Coatesville | 421 | 82.2% | 28.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Camp Curtin Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.7% | #478 of 479 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 1.1% | #510 of 513 ▲ 1 | #13 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #508 of 513 ▲ 1 | #13 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 724 | #161 of 522 | #6 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #374 of 486 | #8 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #97 of 486 | #7 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #184 of 510 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.4% | #46 of 131 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
724
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 724 | 49.8 | 14.5:1 | 65% (470) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 36.7 | 12.8:1 | 100% (470) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 37.2 | 13.0:1 | 100% (482) |
| 2020-21 | 717 | 56 | 12.8:1 | 100% (714) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 56.3 | 11.4:1 | 87% (562) |
| 2015-16 | 703 | 53 | 13.3:1 | 82% (574) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Camp Curtin Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (644 to 724); teachers down 11% (56.3 to 49.8).
About Camp Curtin Academy
A medium-sized middle school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Camp Curtin Academy is part of Harrisburg City SD. The school's enrollment of 724 students covers grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 22% higher than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 594.
Harrisburg City SD includes 12 schools. Together they enroll 6,462 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Camp Curtin Academy is Black (48%). Other groups make up 43% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% White. Dauphin County as a whole is about 17% Black, so the school's share is higher. Camp Curtin Academy has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Camp Curtin Academy employs 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.5:1. That ratio is over the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 65% in 2024-25.
Camp Curtin Academy is graded F by allk12, scoring above 0% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Camp Curtin Academy falls short of its prediction by 43.1 points. The model expects 49.8% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Pennsylvania; the school's rate is 6.7%.
Dauphin County has about 289,593 residents, and median household income is about $76,242, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Dauphin County number 75 and enroll about 72,718.
Nearby, Steele School is about 0.4 miles away. Camp Curtin Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Camp Curtin Academy at 4th of 5.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 724, close to the 717 recorded in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.5:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Dauphin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
289,593
Census ACS
Median income
$76,242
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
72,718 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harrisburg City SD
- Harrisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,343 students
- Benjamin Franklin SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Melrose SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Foose SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Scott at Lincoln SchoolElementary · 484 students
- Marshall Math Science AcademyMiddle · 408 students
Other schools in Harrisburg
- Commonwealth Charter Academy CSCombined · 29,320 students
- Reach Cyber CSCombined · 5,721 students
- Central Dauphin SHSHigh · 1,966 students
- Central Dauphin East SHSHigh · 1,573 students
- Harrisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,343 students
- Dauphin County Technical SchoolHigh · 1,187 students
Nearby schools
- Steele School0.4 mi · 362
- Commonwealth Charter Academy CS0.7 mi · 29,320
- Cougar Academy1.2 mi · 300
- Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS1.5 mi · 360
- Downey School1.6 mi · 405
- Benjamin Franklin School1.6 mi · 678
Frequently asked questions
About Camp Curtin AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Camp Curtin Academy?
Camp Curtin Academy enrolls approximately 724 students in grades 06-08.
Is Camp Curtin Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Camp Curtin Academy is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Camp Curtin Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Camp Curtin Academy is approximately 14.5:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Camp Curtin Academy?
Camp Curtin Academy reports a student body of 3% White, 43% Hispanic, 48% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Camp Curtin Academy public or private?
Camp Curtin Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harrisburg City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.