Scott at Lincoln School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Scott at Lincoln School hosts 484 students from grades K through 5, operated by Harrisburg City SD.

Within Harrisburg City SD, which oversees 12 schools and 6,462 students, Scott at Lincoln School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Scott at Lincoln School records that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 42% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Around 101% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dauphin County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Scott at Lincoln School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 34.3%; this one comes in at 8.8%, -25.5 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Dauphin County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,242 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Scott at Lincoln School is one of 75 public schools in Dauphin County (combined enrollment of about 72,718 students).

Nearest neighbor: Downey Sch, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Scott at Lincoln School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Scott at Lincoln School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 32.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Scott at Lincoln School has decreased 11%, going from 541 students in 2018 to 484 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 49% to 53%.

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