Steelton-Highspire HS

Steelton-Highspire HS is a four-year high school of intimate scale in Steelton, Pennsylvania, run under Steelton-Highspire SD, educateing 612 students in grades 7 through 12.

Steelton-Highspire SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,433 students. Steelton-Highspire HS is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Steelton-Highspire HS logs that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 29% Hispanic, 11% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Steelton-Highspire HS lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Steelton-Highspire HS higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, Dauphin County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,242, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Dauphin County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,718 students), Steelton-Highspire HS is one campus in the mix.

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

Steelton-Highspire HS operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Steelton-Highspire HS has grew 9%, going from 559 students in 2018 to 612 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 19% to 11% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.