Tri-Community El Sch

As an average-sized primary school in Steelton, Pennsylvania, Tri-Community El Sch instructs 427 students from grades K through 5, part of Central Dauphin SD.

Central Dauphin SD comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 12,389 students; Tri-Community El Sch is among them.

On demographics, Tri-Community El Sch lists that the most-represented group is Black (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Hispanic, 18% White, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 103% of students at Tri-Community El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dauphin County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tri-Community El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Dauphin County) records that median household earnings sit near $76,242, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Dauphin County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,718 students), of which Tri-Community El Sch is one.

Swatara MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tri-Community El Sch at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 36.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Tri-Community El Sch's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 426 (now 427). Black enrollment moved from 31% to 35% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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