Upper Dauphin Area El Sch

Upper Dauphin Area El Sch is a modestly sized primary school in Lykens, Pennsylvania, operated by Upper Dauphin Area SD. The school works with 373 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Upper Dauphin Area SD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,006 students; Upper Dauphin Area El Sch is among them.

In terms of who attends, Upper Dauphin Area El Sch reports that nearly all students (87%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Dauphin County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Upper Dauphin Area El Sch has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 60% of students at Upper Dauphin Area El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Upper Dauphin Area El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dauphin County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,242, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Upper Dauphin Area El Sch is one of 75 public schools in Dauphin County (combined enrollment of about 72,718 students).

The closest other public school is Upper Dauphin Area MS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Upper Dauphin Area El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Upper Dauphin Area El Sch at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 40.1%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 412 students in 2018 compared to 373 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 93% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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