Enrollment
289
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL DAUPHIN SD·NCES 420540001791
Middle Paxton Elementary School
931 Peters Mountain Rd, Dauphin, PA 17018 · (717) 265-7920 · Dauphin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
88 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 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
28%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
57.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
55.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 55.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Middle Paxton Elementary School
Middle Paxton Elementary School's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Paxton Elementary School this school | 289 | 30.4% | 59.4% |
| Central Elementary School Elizabeth | 292 | 34.6% | 75.8% |
| Earl Elementary School Boyertown | 271 | 32.1% | 61.3% |
| Hatfield Elementary School Uniontown | 342 | 34.2% | 51.9% |
| W W Evans Memorial Elementary School Bloomsburg | 250 | 32.8% | 60.7% |
| Conewago Elementary School Elizabethtown | 239 | 28.5% | 71.8% |
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 Middle Paxton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #611 of 1,396 | #12 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #657 of 1,511 ▲ 96 | #12 of 36 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #513 of 1,511 ▲ 109 | #10 of 36 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #1,286 of 1,638 | #32 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,132 of 1,528 | #27 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.1% | #1,023 of 1,531 | #36 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.4% | #1,322 of 1,600 | #31 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #770 of 1,045 | #13 of 17 |
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
289
+41 (+17%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 289 | 20.3 | 14.3:1 | 30% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 261 | 19.9 | 13.1:1 | 34% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 17.9 | 14.7:1 | 31% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 20 | 12.4:1 | 25% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 311 | 19.6 | 15.9:1 | 29% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 306 | 19 | 16.1:1 | 25% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 294 | 18 | 16.3:1 | 21% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 342 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 12% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 396 | 24 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Middle Paxton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (311 to 289); teachers up 3% (19.6 to 20.3).
About Middle Paxton Elementary School
Middle Paxton Elementary School is a small elementary school in Dauphin, Pennsylvania. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 289 students. The school is 35% below the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Central Dauphin SD, which runs Middle Paxton Elementary School, has 19 schools and 12,389 students.
Roughly 84% of students at Middle Paxton Elementary School are White. The remaining students are 5% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Dauphin County, the White share is about 63%. The diversity index for Middle Paxton Elementary School is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 20.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.3:1. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 1.2 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 30%. The 59% average for public schools in Dauphin County is 29 points higher.
Middle Paxton Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 43% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
In Pennsylvania, Middle Paxton Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 59.4% actual against a predicted 64.6%.
In Dauphin County, home to about 289,593 people, median household income comes to about $76,242, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 75 public schools in the county, enrolling about 72,718, Middle Paxton Elementary School among them.
Susquenita Elementary School, about 3.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Middle Paxton Elementary School, there are 4 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Middle Paxton Elementary School places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 41 students, from 248 to 289. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.4:1 to 14.3:1.
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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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- Susquenita Elementary School3.9 mi · 646
- Susquenita Middle School4.0 mi · 562
- Susquenita High School4.2 mi · 490
- Thomas W Holtzman Jr Elementary School4.8 mi · 792
- East Pennsboro Area Middle School5.6 mi · 618
- East Pennsboro Elementary School5.7 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About Middle Paxton Elementary SchoolHow large is Middle Paxton Elementary School?
Middle Paxton Elementary School enrolls approximately 289 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Middle Paxton Elementary School serve?
Middle Paxton Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Middle Paxton Elementary School have?
Middle Paxton Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Middle Paxton Elementary School?
Student demographics at Middle Paxton Elementary School are roughly 84% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Middle Paxton Elementary School?
Middle Paxton Elementary School is overseen by Central Dauphin SD in Dauphin County.
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