Sylvan Heights Science CS

Located at 915 S 13th Street, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Sylvan Heights Science CS is a close-knit primary school that caters to 217 students (grades K through 4), overseen by Sylvan Heights Science CS. Enrollment runs roughly 51% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Operationally, Sylvan Heights Science CS answers to Sylvan Heights Science CS, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Sylvan Heights Science CS lists that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 96% of students at Sylvan Heights Science CS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dauphin County (around 59%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sylvan Heights Science CS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.3%, the actual is 31.6%, a residual of -4.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Dauphin County put median household earnings sit near $76,242, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sylvan Heights Science CS is one of 75 public schools in Dauphin County (combined enrollment of about 72,718 students).

Foose Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sylvan Heights Science CS comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Sylvan Heights Science CS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sylvan Heights Science CS has changed only slightly, going from 215 students in 2018 to 217 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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