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What's the one class at Tri-Community El Sch every student should take?
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Enrollment
427
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL DAUPHIN SD·NCES 420540005320
Tri-Community Elementary School
255 Cypress St, Steelton, PA 17113 · (717) 939-9591 · Dauphin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
440 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
25.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.4% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 29.5% |
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
Where Tri-Community Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,141 of 1,396 | #24 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,151 of 1,511 ▼ 26 | #25 of 36 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #1,274 of 1,511 ▼ 75 | #28 of 36 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #764 of 1,638 | #15 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #446 of 1,528 | #11 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.9% | #23 of 1,531 | #8 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #171 of 1,600 | #5 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #442 of 450 | #18 of 19 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
427
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 427 | 35.4 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 32 | 13.7:1 | 100% (440) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 31.6 | 13.6:1 | 100% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 34 | 12.1:1 | 100% (410) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 30.8 | 13.8:1 | 100% (426) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 71% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 63% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 48% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 31 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tri-Community Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (426 to 427); teachers up 15% (30.8 to 35.4).
About Tri-Community Elementary School
In Steelton, Pennsylvania, Tri-Community Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 427 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5.
Central Dauphin SD serves 12,389 students across 19 schools.
Tri-Community Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 35%. It is also 28% Hispanic, 18% White, 11% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Dauphin County's residents are about 17% Black, 18 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Tri-Community Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 75%.
Tri-Community Elementary School employs 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.1:1. That ratio is under the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
allk12 grades Tri-Community Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 33.4%. Tri-Community Elementary School scores 33.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Dauphin County show that median household income is about $76,242, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 75 public schools in Dauphin County, with a combined enrollment of about 72,718.
Swatara Middle School is located about 0.4 miles from Tri-Community Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Tri-Community Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Tri-Community Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Tri-Community Elementary School had 410 students in 2020-21 and 427 in 2024-25, a 4% increase.
Community posts for Tri-Community Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Central Dauphin SD
- Central Dauphin SHSHigh · 1,966 students
- Central Dauphin East SHSHigh · 1,573 students
- Linglestown Middle SchoolMiddle · 841 students
- Central Dauphin Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
- North Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
- Central Dauphin East Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
Other schools in Steelton
- Steelton-Highspire Elementary SchoolElementary · 821 students
- Steelton-Highspire High SchoolHigh · 612 students
- Swatara Middle SchoolMiddle · 611 students
Nearby schools
- Swatara Middle School0.4 mi · 611
- Steelton-Highspire High School0.6 mi · 612
- Steelton-Highspire Elementary School0.9 mi · 821
- Lawnton Elementary School2.0 mi · 310
- Paxtang Elementary School2.0 mi · 281
- Kunkel Elementary School2.3 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About Tri-Community Elementary SchoolHow large is Tri-Community Elementary School?
Tri-Community Elementary School enrolls approximately 427 students in grades KG-05.
Is Tri-Community Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tri-Community Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Tri-Community Elementary School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Tri-Community Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Tri-Community Elementary School?
Student demographics at Tri-Community Elementary School are roughly 18% White, 28% Hispanic, 35% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Tri-Community Elementary School public or private?
Tri-Community Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Dauphin SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.