Enrollment
257
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL DAUPHIN SD·NCES 420540001812
Chambers Hill Elementary School
6450 Chambers Hill Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17111 · (717) 561-1655 · Dauphin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
248 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 47% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
36.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.6% | 36.2% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 29.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Chambers Hill Elementary School
Chambers Hill Elementary School's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers Hill Elementary School this school | 257 | 96.5% | 39.0% |
| Pittsburgh Banksville K-5 Pittsburgh | 322 | 89.4% | 36.8% |
| Jenks Abram School Philadelphia | 278 | 91.7% | 69.9% |
| Paxtang Elementary School Harrisburg | 281 | 99.6% | 42.6% |
| Sharswood George School Philadelphia | 364 | 97.0% | 31.4% |
| Penn Alexander School Philadelphia | 595 | 98.2% | 88.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Chambers Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,077 of 1,396 | #23 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #1,056 of 1,511 ▲ 65 | #22 of 36 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #1,062 of 1,511 ▲ 41 | #22 of 36 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #1,381 of 1,638 | #35 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #117 of 1,528 | #3 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.2% | #5 of 1,531 | #5 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #525 of 1,600 | #15 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.8% | #124 of 450 | #4 of 19 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
257
+40 (+18%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 183
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 257 | 25 | 10.3:1 | 96% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 248 | 24.9 | 10.0:1 | 100% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 22.7 | 11.4:1 | 100% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 217 | 19 | 11.4:1 | 100% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 220 | 20.5 | 10.7:1 | 100% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 238 | 19 | 12.5:1 | 51% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 190 | 14 | 13.6:1 | 24% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 277 | 19 | 14.6:1 | 18% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 183 | 11 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chambers Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (220 to 257); teachers up 22% (20.5 to 25).
About Chambers Hill Elementary School
Chambers Hill Elementary School is an elementary school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, reachable at (717) 561-1655. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 257 students. The school's enrollment is 42% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Chambers Hill Elementary School is in Central Dauphin SD, a district with 12,389 students across 19 schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Chambers Hill Elementary School. The largest is Asian students, at 29%. Smaller groups are 25% White, 18% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Dauphin County is roughly 7% Asian. The school's diversity index is 78%, meaning two students picked at random have a 78% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 25 full-time-equivalent teachers at Chambers Hill Elementary School and a ratio of 10.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 96% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Dauphin County averages 59%, lower than here.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Chambers Hill Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Chambers Hill Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.0%; the prediction is 36.2%.
Chambers Hill Elementary School is located in Dauphin County, where the median household income is $76,242, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Chambers Hill Elementary School is one of 75 public schools in the county.
Rutherford Elementary School is the public school closest to Chambers Hill Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Chambers Hill Elementary School is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Chambers Hill Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 217 in 2020-21 to 257 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 11.4 in 2020-21 to 10.3 in 2024-25.
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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
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- Harrisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,343 students
- Dauphin County Technical SchoolHigh · 1,187 students
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- Rutherford Elementary School0.8 mi · 461
- Lawnton Elementary School1.7 mi · 310
- Kunkel Elementary School2.1 mi · 369
- Reach Cyber CS2.2 mi · 5,721
- South Side Elementary School2.2 mi · 603
- Central Dauphin East Middle School2.3 mi · 702
Frequently asked questions
About Chambers Hill Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Chambers Hill Elementary School?
Chambers Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 257 students in grades KG-05.
Is Chambers Hill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chambers Hill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Chambers Hill Elementary School have?
Chambers Hill Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
How diverse is Chambers Hill Elementary School?
Chambers Hill Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 16% Hispanic, 18% Black, 29% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Chambers Hill Elementary School?
Chambers Hill Elementary School is overseen by Central Dauphin SD in Dauphin County.
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