Phillips El Sch

Phillips El Sch operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, part of Central Dauphin SD. Current enrollment sits at 393 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within Central Dauphin SD, which oversees 19 schools and 12,389 students, Phillips El Sch is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Phillips El Sch lists that the largest single group is Black at 29%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 23% White, 19% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 10% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

On the resource side, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Phillips El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 105% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dauphin County (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Dauphin County indicate median household income runs about $76,242, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Phillips El Sch is one of 75 public schools in Dauphin County (combined enrollment of about 72,718 students).

The closest other public school is Infinity CS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Phillips El Sch's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 379 (now 393). Over the same period, the White share declined from 37% to 23%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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