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Enrollment
682
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL DAUPHIN SD·NCES 420540001778
Paxtonia Elementary School
6135 Jonestown Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17112 · (717) 657-3202 · Dauphin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL682 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% 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.
- A+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
15.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
677 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 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
65%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
61.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
63.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.4% | 63.5% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 61.2% |
% 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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 31 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 Paxtonia Elementary School
Paxtonia Elementary School's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paxtonia Elementary School this school | 682 | 99.3% | 65.7% |
| Pittsburgh Colfax K-8 Pittsburgh | 789 | 93.9% | 66.6% |
| Greenfield Albert M School Philadelphia | 742 | 98.4% | 81.4% |
| Belmont Hills Elementary School Bensalem | 580 | 94.3% | 43.1% |
| North Side Elementary School Harrisburg | 722 | 97.6% | 55.4% |
| Linglestown Elementary School Harrisburg | 475 | 96.8% | 66.1% |
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 Paxtonia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #428 of 1,396 | #8 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #436 of 1,511 ▲ 26 | #6 of 36 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #390 of 1,511 ▲ 56 | #7 of 36 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 682 | #159 of 1,638 | #5 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,371 of 1,528 | #33 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #210 of 1,531 | #15 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #362 of 1,600 | #11 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #432 of 450 | #17 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
682
+51 (+8%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 682 | 43.2 | 15.8:1 | 99% (677) |
| 2023-24 | 677 | 40.9 | 16.5:1 | 100% (674) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 40.3 | 17.1:1 | 42% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 631 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 28% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 679 | 40.7 | 16.7:1 | 28% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 659 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 26% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | 40 | 15.9:1 | 15% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 648 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 7% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 28 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paxtonia Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (679 to 682); teachers up 6% (40.7 to 43.2).
About Paxtonia Elementary School
Paxtonia Elementary School is a large elementary school based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The school's enrollment of 682 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students each.
Paxtonia Elementary School reports to Central Dauphin SD, which has 19 schools and 12,389 students.
At 54%, White students outnumber all other groups at Paxtonia Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 16% Asian, 13% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 63% of Dauphin County residents are White. By the diversity index, Paxtonia Elementary School comes in at 65%.
The teaching staff at Paxtonia Elementary School is 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, lower than at this school. About 99% of students, or 677, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 59% average among public schools in Dauphin County.
The allk12 Grade for Paxtonia Elementary School is A. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 87% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Paxtonia Elementary School is among the top 10% of schools in Pennsylvania. Predicted: 35.0%. Actual: 65.7%.
Dauphin County has about 289,593 residents, and median household income is about $76,242, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 75 public schools in Dauphin County, with a combined enrollment of about 72,718.
Of nearby public schools, Mountain View Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 57.8% proficiency; Paxtonia Elementary School posts 65.7%.
Paxtonia Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The number of students climbed from 631 to 682 over 4 years. Students per teacher rose from 14.7 in 2020-21 to 15.8 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Paxtonia Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. 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
- North Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
- Central Dauphin East Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 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
Nearby schools
- Mountain View Elementary School1.0 mi · 373
- Linglestown Elementary School1.3 mi · 475
- Linglestown Middle School1.4 mi · 841
- Dauphin County Technical School1.9 mi · 1,187
- North Side Elementary School2.0 mi · 722
- Infinity CS2.1 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Paxtonia Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Paxtonia Elementary School?
Paxtonia Elementary School enrolls approximately 682 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Paxtonia Elementary School serve?
Paxtonia Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Paxtonia Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Paxtonia Elementary School.
How diverse is Paxtonia Elementary School?
Paxtonia Elementary School reports a student body of 54% White, 9% Hispanic, 13% Black, 16% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Paxtonia Elementary School?
Paxtonia 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.