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Enrollment
722
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL DAUPHIN SD·NCES 420540001781
North Side Elementary School
4520 Devonshire Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17109 · (717) 657-3201 · Dauphin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL722 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Pennsylvania public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
705 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 143 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (143).
Student demographics
74%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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
53.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 53.5% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 48.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Side Elementary School
North Side Elementary School's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Side Elementary School this school | 722 | 97.6% | 55.4% |
| Pittsburgh Colfax K-8 Pittsburgh | 789 | 93.9% | 66.6% |
| Paxtonia Elementary School Harrisburg | 682 | 99.3% | 65.7% |
| Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School Philadelphia | 906 | 93.5% | 32.5% |
| Decatur Stephen School Philadelphia | 1,028 | 94.0% | 46.4% |
| JoAnna Connell School Erie | 556 | 97.1% | 31.4% |
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 Side Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #721 of 1,396 | #15 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #708 of 1,511 ▲ 91 | #13 of 36 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #735 of 1,511 ▲ 41 | #13 of 36 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 722 | #123 of 1,638 | #4 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,443 of 1,528 | #37 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #32 of 1,531 | #9 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.6% | #470 of 1,600 | #13 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.4% | #174 of 450 | #11 of 19 |
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
722
+97 (+16%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 552
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 722 | 43.2 | 16.7:1 | 98% (705) |
| 2023-24 | 705 | 43.3 | 16.3:1 | 100% (705) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 43.1 | 16.4:1 | 99% (703) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 100% (625) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 40.5 | 16.1:1 | 100% (654) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 38% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 36 | 15.0:1 | 23% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 12% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 552 | 33 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Side Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (654 to 722); teachers up 6% (40.5 to 43.2).
About North Side Elementary School
In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, part of Dauphin County, North Side Elementary School is an elementary school. The school's 722 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students each.
Central Dauphin SD is the district for North Side Elementary School. It has 19 schools and 12,389 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at North Side Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 39%. The next largest groups are 25% Black, 18% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. In Dauphin County overall, about 63% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at North Side Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.7:1. That is 3.7 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 98%. That rate is above the 59% average among public schools in Dauphin County.
allk12 grades North Side Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, North Side Elementary School is among the top 10% of schools in Pennsylvania. Predicted: 35.7%. Actual: 55.4%.
North Side Elementary School is located in Dauphin County, where the median household income is $76,242, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Side Elementary School is one of 75 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from North Side Elementary School to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Central Dauphin Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, North Side Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
North Side Elementary 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 is up 16% from 2020-21, when North Side Elementary School had 625 students, to 2024-25, when it had 722. Students per teacher rose from 15.6 in 2020-21 to 16.7 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Central Dauphin SD
- Central Dauphin SHSHigh · 1,966 students
- Central Dauphin East SHSHigh · 1,573 students
- Linglestown Middle SchoolMiddle · 841 students
- Central Dauphin Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
- Central Dauphin East Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Paxtonia Elementary SchoolElementary · 682 students
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
- Dauphin County Technical SchoolHigh · 1,187 students
Other North Side Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named North Side Elementary. North Side Elementary School is the largest of the 7.
- North Side Elementary SchoolUnion City, IN · 526 students
- North Side ElementaryJohnson City, TN · 361 students
- North Side Elementary SchoolFairfield, IL · 321 students
- North Side Elementary SchoolKendallville, IN · 308 students
- NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT LAUDERDALE, FL · 266 students
Nearby schools
- Central Dauphin Middle School0.9 mi · 834
- Phillips Elementary School1.3 mi · 393
- Infinity CS1.4 mi · 256
- Mountain View Elementary School1.4 mi · 373
- Susquehanna Twp High School1.4 mi · 767
- Sara Lindemuth Elementary School1.6 mi · 758
Frequently asked questions
About North Side Elementary SchoolHow large is North Side Elementary School?
North Side Elementary School enrolls approximately 722 students in grades KG-05.
Is North Side Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
North Side Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at North Side Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at North Side Elementary School is approximately 16.7:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is North Side Elementary School?
North Side Elementary School reports a student body of 39% White, 11% Hispanic, 25% Black, 18% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees North Side Elementary School?
North Side Elementary School is overseen by Central Dauphin SD in Dauphin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.