Enrollment
193
Elementary
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLISLE AREA SD·NCES 420501001687
North Dickinson Elementary School
151 N Dickinson School Rd, Carlisle, PA 17013 · (717) 240-6800 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL193 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
82 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
37.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.2pp since 2023
Math
39.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.1pp 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 40 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 39.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.1% | 44.6% |
% 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
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 North Dickinson Elementary School
North Dickinson Elementary School's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dickinson Elementary School this school | 193 | 42.5% | 48.7% |
| Northside Elementary School Mechanicsburg | 221 | 43.4% | 67.8% |
| Mt Wolf Elementary School Mt Wolf | 217 | 45.2% | 58.4% |
| Horace Mann Elementary School Indiana | 190 | 45.3% | 67.7% |
| Trafford Elementary School Trafford | 196 | 46.9% | 80.2% |
| Northside Elementary School Palmyra | 229 | 42.8% | 77.2% |
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 North Dickinson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #899 of 1,396 | #30 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #1,012 of 1,511 ▼ 135 | #31 of 34 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #1,055 of 1,511 ▼ 161 | #33 of 34 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 193 | #1,546 of 1,638 | #36 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.5% | #1,118 of 1,600 | #21 of 37 |
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
193
+8 (+4%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 166
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 193 | 13 | 14.8:1 | 42% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 201 | 14.8 | 13.6:1 | 41% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 188 | 12.8 | 14.7:1 | 33% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 185 | 13 | 14.2:1 | 30% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 181 | 12.5 | 14.4:1 | 27% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 181 | 12 | 15.1:1 | 19% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 208 | 15 | 13.9:1 | 7% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 200 | 12 | 16.7:1 | 4% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 166 | 10 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Dickinson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (181 to 193); teachers up 4% (12.5 to 13).
About North Dickinson Elementary School
The public elementary school North Dickinson Elementary School is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. A federal count lists 193 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Carlisle Area SD has 10 schools and 5,087 students, and North Dickinson Elementary School is one of those schools.
Roughly 77% of students at North Dickinson Elementary School are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. North Dickinson Elementary School's diversity index is 40%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers at North Dickinson Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.8:1. That is higher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The lunch program counts 42% of students at North Dickinson Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 41% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, North Dickinson 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.
On BeatsExpectations, North Dickinson Elementary School is 10.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Cumberland County has about 268,323 residents, and the median household income is $87,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Cumberland County has 57 public schools and roughly 33,044 students.
Nearby, W.G. Rice Elementary School is about 3.3 miles away. Within five miles of North Dickinson Elementary School, there are 2 other public schools. North Dickinson Elementary School is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
North Dickinson Elementary School's enrollment grew from 185 in 2020-21 to 193 in 2024-25.
The North Dickinson Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,323
Census ACS
Median income
$87,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
33,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carlisle Area SD
- Carlisle Area High SchoolHigh · 1,559 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Lamberton Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Other schools in Carlisle
- Carlisle Area High SchoolHigh · 1,559 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Lamberton Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Middlesex Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
Nearby schools
- W.G. Rice Elementary School3.3 mi · 453
- Mt Holly Springs Elementary School3.5 mi · 215
- Mooreland Elementary School5.2 mi · 372
- Lamberton Middle School5.3 mi · 583
- Letort Elementary School5.7 mi · 225
- Carlisle Area High School5.8 mi · 1,559
Frequently asked questions
About North Dickinson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend North Dickinson Elementary School?
North Dickinson Elementary School enrolls approximately 193 students in grades KG-05.
Is North Dickinson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
North Dickinson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does North Dickinson Elementary School have?
North Dickinson Elementary School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at North Dickinson Elementary School?
Student demographics at North Dickinson Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is North Dickinson Elementary School public or private?
North Dickinson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Carlisle Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.