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Best kept secret at Dauphin County Technical School?
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Enrollment
1,187
High
STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAUPHIN COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOL·NCES 420738505278
Dauphin County Technical School
6001 Locust Ln, Harrisburg, PA 17109 · (717) 652-3170 · Dauphin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL1,187 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
79 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
1,176 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 324 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 298 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 302 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 263 | 22% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
60.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
34.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.3% | 34.9% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 28.1% |
% 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
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Dauphin County Technical School
Dauphin County Technical School's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dauphin County Technical School this school | 1,187 | 99.1% | 48.8% |
| Bensalem Twp High School Bensalem | 2,151 | 98.4% | 44.9% |
| Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush Philadelphia | 599 | 97.3% | 64.6% |
| Science Leadership Academy Philadelphia | 502 | 99.6% | 79.3% |
| Northwest PA Collegiate Academy Erie | 750 | 99.6% | 72.7% |
| Scranton High School Scranton | 1,815 | 100.0% | 57.0% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Dauphin County Technical School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #324 of 576 | #8 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #351 of 626 ▲ 66 | #8 of 15 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #295 of 626 ▲ 106 | #8 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,187 | #132 of 713 | #4 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #414 of 601 | #11 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #10 of 604 | #3 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #141 of 619 | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.1% | #83 of 221 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,187
+176 (+17%) vs 2020
+56% since 1990-91, when it was 762
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 1,187 | 79.1 | 15.0:1 | 99% (1,176) |
| 2023-24 | 1,175 | 82 | 14.3:1 | 100% (1,172) |
| 2022-23 | 1,125 | 80.1 | 14.0:1 | 57% (640) |
| 2020-21 | 1,011 | 82 | 12.3:1 | 57% (572) |
| 2017-18 | 1,068 | 80.4 | 13.3:1 | 57% (614) |
| 2015-16 | 990 | 80 | 12.4:1 | 54% (536) |
| 2010-11 | 792 | 78 | 10.2:1 | 33% (262) |
| 2000-01 | 841 | 72 | 11.7:1 | 12% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 762 | 57 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dauphin County Technical School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (1,068 to 1,187); teachers down 2% (80.4 to 79.1).
About Dauphin County Technical School
Dauphin County Technical School is a high-enrollment high school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 17109). It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 1,187 students enrolled. That is 61% larger than the average of about 738 students for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Dauphin County Technical School is its own local education agency in federal data.
The largest group at Dauphin County Technical School is White students, at 39%. Smaller groups are 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 13% Asian, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Dauphin County is roughly 63% White. The diversity index for Dauphin County Technical School is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Dauphin County Technical School has 79.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. The school's 15.0:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for high schools in Pennsylvania. At Dauphin County Technical School, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 59% average for public schools in Dauphin County is 40 points.
Among Pennsylvania public high schools, Dauphin County Technical School outscored 65%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Dauphin County Technical School scores 48.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 35.1%.
Dauphin County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $76,242 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Dauphin County number 75, with about 72,718 students.
Infinity CS is the nearest public school to Dauphin County Technical School, about 0.9 miles away. Dauphin County Technical School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Dauphin County Technical School ranks 4th on proficiency.
Dauphin County Technical School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased by 17% across 4 years, from 1,011 in 2020-21 to 1,187 in 2024-25. The ratio was 12.3:1 in 2020-21 and 15.0:1 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
Related schools
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
- Linglestown Middle SchoolMiddle · 841 students
Nearby schools
- Infinity CS0.9 mi · 256
- Central Dauphin East Middle School1.0 mi · 702
- Central Dauphin East SHS1.2 mi · 1,573
- Phillips Elementary School1.2 mi · 393
- Central Dauphin Middle School1.6 mi · 834
- South Side Elementary School1.7 mi · 603
Frequently asked questions
About Dauphin County Technical SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dauphin County Technical School?
Dauphin County Technical School enrolls approximately 1,187 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Dauphin County Technical School serve?
Dauphin County Technical School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dauphin County Technical School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dauphin County Technical School is approximately 15.0:1 (79 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dauphin County Technical School?
At Dauphin County Technical School, the student body is approximately 39% White, 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 13% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Dauphin County Technical School?
Dauphin County Technical School is overseen by Dauphin County Technical School in Dauphin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.