Capital Area School for the Arts CS

Capital Area School for the Arts CS is a high school of very small scale in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, part of Capital Area School for the Arts CS, teacheing 193 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Capital Area School for the Arts CS sits 74% leaner than that benchmark.

Capital Area School for the Arts CS is the operating authority for Capital Area School for the Arts CS, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Capital Area School for the Arts CS logs that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Black, 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Dauphin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Capital Area School for the Arts CS shows 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dauphin County (around 59%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Capital Area School for the Arts CS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.2%, the actual is 73.3%, a residual of -1.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Dauphin County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $76,242 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Capital Area School for the Arts CS is one of 75 public schools in Dauphin County (combined enrollment of about 72,718 students).

The closest other public school is Harrisburg HS - SciTech Cmp, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Capital Area School for the Arts CS at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 25.0%.

Capital Area School for the Arts CS operates from a city-core location. Capital Area School for the Arts CS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 199 students in 2018 compared to 193 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 75% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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