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Enrollment
767
High
DISTRICT 784 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 422301001806
Susquehanna Twp High School
3500 Elmerton Ave, Harrisburg, PA 17109 · (717) 657-5117 · Dauphin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL767 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
496 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 178 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 172 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 184 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 233 | 30% |
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Susquehanna Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.5pp since 2023
Math
28.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -9.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.5% | 28.7% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 37.9% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Susquehanna Twp High School
Susquehanna Twp High School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna Twp High School this school | 767 | 64.7% | 39.7% |
| Perseus House CS of Excellence Erie | 627 | 78.1% | 9.1% |
| Upper Merion Area High School King of Prussia | 1,326 | 51.4% | 51.5% |
| Franklin LC Philadelphia | 918 | 83.2% | 48.4% |
| East Stroudsburg SHS North Dingmans Ferry | 917 | 53.4% | 40.8% |
| Bodine William W High School Philadelphia | 489 | 94.9% | 61.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Susquehanna Twp High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #437 of 576 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #424 of 626 ▼ 113 | #11 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #512 of 626 ▼ 88 | #11 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 767 | #241 of 713 | #7 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #251 of 601 | #6 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.9% | #4 of 604 | #2 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.7% | #271 of 619 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #326 of 373 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
767
+52 (+7%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 767 | 57.8 | 13.3:1 | 65% (496) |
| 2023-24 | 774 | 57.3 | 13.5:1 | 64% (496) |
| 2022-23 | 743 | 56.3 | 13.2:1 | 55% (411) |
| 2020-21 | 715 | 57 | 12.5:1 | 57% (410) |
| 2017-18 | 788 | 61.5 | 12.8:1 | 50% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 829 | 67 | 12.4:1 | 40% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 1,049 | 63 | 16.6:1 | 28% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 926 | 62 | 14.9:1 | 11% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 52 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Susquehanna Twp High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (788 to 767); teachers down 6% (61.5 to 57.8).
About Susquehanna Twp High School
Susquehanna Twp High School is classified as a high school. It is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The school had 767 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
In Susquehanna Township SD, 4 schools enroll a combined 3,137 students.
At Susquehanna Twp High School, the largest share of students is Black, at 37%. The school is also 21% White, 18% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 10% multiracial. That is higher than the 17% Black share among all Dauphin County residents. Susquehanna Twp High School's diversity index is 76%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 57.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.3:1. For comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1. Eligible students account for 65% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, Susquehanna Twp High School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Susquehanna Twp High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 39.7%, compared with a predicted 49.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Dauphin County, the median household income is $76,242, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. In all, Dauphin County has 75 public schools and roughly 72,718 students.
Nearby, Sara Lindemuth Elementary School is about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Susquehanna Twp High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Susquehanna Twp High School ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Susquehanna Twp High School as Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 767, a 7% rise from 715 in 2020-21.
The Susquehanna Twp High School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Dauphin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
289,593
Census ACS
Median income
$76,242
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
72,718 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Susquehanna Township SD
- Susquehanna Twp Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Thomas W Holtzman Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 792 students
- Sara Lindemuth Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
Other schools in Harrisburg
- Commonwealth Charter Academy CSCombined · 29,320 students
- Reach Cyber CSCombined · 5,721 students
- Central Dauphin SHSHigh · 1,966 students
- Central Dauphin East SHSHigh · 1,573 students
- Harrisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,343 students
- Dauphin County Technical SchoolHigh · 1,187 students
Nearby schools
- Sara Lindemuth Elementary School0.2 mi · 758
- Susquehanna Twp Middle School1.4 mi · 820
- North Side Elementary School1.4 mi · 722
- Central Dauphin Middle School1.7 mi · 834
- Harrisburg High School2.1 mi · 1,343
- Phillips Elementary School2.1 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Susquehanna Twp High SchoolHow large is Susquehanna Twp High School?
Susquehanna Twp High School enrolls approximately 767 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Susquehanna Twp High School serve?
Susquehanna Twp High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Susquehanna Twp High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Susquehanna Twp High School is approximately 13.3:1 (58 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Susquehanna Twp High School?
Susquehanna Twp High School reports a student body of 21% White, 18% Hispanic, 37% Black, 13% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Susquehanna Twp High School in?
Susquehanna Twp High School is part of Susquehanna Township SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.