Steele School

Located at 2537 N 5th St, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Steele School is an intimate elementary campus that instructs 362 students (grades K through 5), part of Harrisburg City SD.

Harrisburg City SD runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,462 students. Steele School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Steele School records that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 37% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% White, 4% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dauphin County put the typical household earns roughly $76,242 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dauphin County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,718 students), Steele School is one campus in the mix.

Camp Curtin Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Steele School operates from a city-core location.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.