Enrollment
360
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNSYLVANIA STEAM ACADEMY CS·NCES 420090707699
Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS
1500 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102 · (717) 991-4334 · Dauphin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% 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.
- DBeats 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
16.4:1
22 FTE teachers
STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
279 students
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 | 80 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 100% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
23.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.3pp since 2023
Math
28.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.7% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS
Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS this school | 360 | 77.5% | 32.7% |
| Main Street School Upland | 340 | 88.5% | 23.9% |
| Wilkins El STEAM Academy Pittsburgh | 447 | 81.9% | 31.3% |
| Stanton Edwin M School Philadelphia | 329 | 89.1% | 39.3% |
| Hartranft John F School Philadelphia | 310 | 94.8% | 8.8% |
| Lingelbach Anna L School Philadelphia | 363 | 91.5% | 36.1% |
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 Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #1,143 of 1,396 | #25 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #1,175 of 1,511 ▼ 16 | #26 of 36 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #1,301 of 1,511 ▼ 121 | #29 of 36 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #1,019 of 1,638 | #26 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,422 of 1,528 | #35 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #547 of 1,531 | #29 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #704 of 1,600 | #18 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 360 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 78% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 18 | 15.5:1 | 100% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 193 | 12 | 16.1:1 | 69% (134) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS.
About Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS
At 1500 North Third Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS operates as a small elementary school. It teaches 360 students in kindergarten through 5.
Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS is its own local education agency in federal data.
More than half of the students at Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS are Black (67%). The remaining shares are 22% Hispanic and 7% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Dauphin County's population at about 17%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS scores 50%.
Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.4 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1. About 78% of students at Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 59% average for public schools in Dauphin County is 19 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS lands at C-, ahead of 16% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS is -11.7 points: 32.7% actual, 44.4% predicted.
Dauphin County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $76,242, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 75 public schools in the county, enrolling about 72,718, Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS among them.
Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS's nearest public school is Benjamin Franklin School (about 0.3 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS places 3rd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CSWhat is the total enrollment at Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS?
Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS enrolls approximately 360 students in grades KG-05.
Is Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS have?
Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS?
Student demographics at Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS are roughly 7% White, 22% Hispanic, 67% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS?
Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS is overseen by Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS in Dauphin County.
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