Steelton-Highspire El Sch

Steelton-Highspire El Sch is one of the high-enrollment elementary schools in Steelton, Pennsylvania, overseen by Steelton-Highspire SD, with 821 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 85% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

Steelton-Highspire SD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 1,433 students; Steelton-Highspire El Sch is among them.

Demographically, Steelton-Highspire El Sch records that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 28% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Dauphin County) shows that median household income runs about $76,242, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Steelton-Highspire El Sch is one of 75 public schools in Dauphin County (combined enrollment of about 72,718 students).

The closest other public school is Steelton-Highspire HS, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 7%: 769 students in 2018 compared to 821 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 58% to 48%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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