Dauphin County Technical School

Dauphin County Technical School operates as a sprawling secondary school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Dauphin County Technical School. Current enrollment sits at 1,187 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 61% above the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Dauphin County Technical School is the operating authority for Dauphin County Technical School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dauphin County Technical School lists that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 13% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Dauphin County Technical School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Dauphin County's rate of about 59%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dauphin County Technical School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 48.8%, a residual of +13.6 points.

Across the wider county, Dauphin County reports that median household income runs about $76,242, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dauphin County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,718 students), Dauphin County Technical School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Infinity CS, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dauphin County Technical School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Dauphin County Technical School's enrollment has grew 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,068 (now 1,187). The White share of enrollment fell from 50% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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