Camp Curtin Academy

Camp Curtin Academy is a 6-8 campus of reasonably sized scale in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, operated by Harrisburg City SD, works with 724 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Within Harrisburg City SD, which oversees 12 schools and 6,462 students, Camp Curtin Academy is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Camp Curtin Academy logs that 48% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 43% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 65% of students at Camp Curtin Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Camp Curtin Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.8%; actual is 6.7%, a gap of -43.1 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dauphin County) shows that median household earnings sit near $76,242, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Camp Curtin Academy is one of 75 public schools in Dauphin County (combined enrollment of about 72,718 students).

Nearest neighbor: Steele School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Camp Curtin Academy at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 25.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 12%: 644 students in 2018 compared to 724 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 66% to 48% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Camp Curtin Academy typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.