Enrollment
373
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER DAUPHIN AREA SD·NCES 422436009967
Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School
5668 State Route 209, Lykens, PA 17048 · (717) 362-4511 · Dauphin County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
223 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 10% smaller than its 4th grade class (79).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School→Upper Dauphin Area Middle School→Upper Dauphin Area High School
Based on grade levels within Upper Dauphin Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -15.4pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 60.1% |
% 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
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School
Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School this school | 373 | 59.8% | 60.2% |
| Canadochly Elementary School East Prospect | 348 | 60.1% | 47.5% |
| S S Palmer Elementary School Palmerton | 399 | 58.6% | 46.7% |
| Blue Ball Elementary School East Earl | 374 | 57.2% | 56.1% |
| McConnellsburg Elementary School McConnellsburg | 413 | 58.8% | 61.1% |
| Newville Elementary School Newville | 351 | 57.3% | 48.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #589 of 1,396 | #11 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #762 of 1,511 ▼ 269 | #15 of 36 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #867 of 1,511 ▼ 266 | #15 of 36 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #988 of 1,638 | #22 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #674 of 1,528 | #16 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.4% | #1,088 of 1,531 | #38 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.8% | #820 of 1,600 | #24 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #674 of 1,045 | #10 of 17 |
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
373
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 373 | 29.4 | 12.7:1 | 60% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 29.8 | 13.2:1 | 57% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 399 | 28.4 | 14.1:1 | 52% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 99% (368) |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 25.1 | 16.4:1 | 53% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 22 | 19.3:1 | 49% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 25 | 19.4:1 | 42% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 18% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 532 | 32 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (412 to 373); teachers up 17% (25.1 to 29.4).
About Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School
Federal records list Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School as an elementary school in Lykens, Pennsylvania. It offers pre-K through 4 and has 373 students enrolled.
Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School reports to Upper Dauphin Area SD, which has 3 schools and 1,006 students.
Roughly 87% of students at Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, 63% of Dauphin County residents are White. The diversity index for Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School is 24%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. The school has 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Federal data show 60% of students (223) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Dauphin County average a similar 59%.
Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 62% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.0% for Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School. The school posts 60.2%, 8.2 points above the prediction.
For Dauphin County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $76,242 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School, Dauphin County has 75 public schools.
Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Upper Dauphin Area Middle School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School was 371 in 2020-21 and 373 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.1:1 in 2020-21, and 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Upper Dauphin Area SD
- Upper Dauphin Area High SchoolHigh · 331 students
- Upper Dauphin Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Upper Dauphin Area Middle School0.0 mi · 302
- Upper Dauphin Area High School3.3 mi · 331
- Line Mountain High School7.9 mi · 311
- Line Mountain Middle School7.9 mi · 319
- Williams Valley JSHS9.1 mi · 433
- Williams Valley Elementary School9.5 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About Upper Dauphin Area Elementary SchoolHow large is Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School?
Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School enrolls approximately 373 students in grades PK-04.
Is Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School have?
Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School?
At Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School public or private?
Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Upper Dauphin Area SD.
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