Foose Sch

Set in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Foose Sch is a reasonably sized elementary campus, overseen by Harrisburg City SD. It teaches 522 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 12 schools in Harrisburg City SD (6,462 students total), Foose Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Foose Sch logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 39% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Foose Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dauphin County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Foose Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.6%; this one comes in at 11.3%, -24.3 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Dauphin County reports that median household income runs about $76,242, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Dauphin County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,718 students), Foose Sch is one campus in the mix.

Sylvan Heights Science CS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Foose Sch at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 33.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Foose Sch's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 507 (now 522). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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