Enrollment
331
High
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER DAUPHIN AREA SD·NCES 422436006340
Upper Dauphin Area High School
220 N Church St, Elizabethville, PA 17023 · (717) 362-8181 · Dauphin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Pennsylvania public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
162 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 83 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 81 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 88 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 79 | 24% |
Student demographics
26%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
Feeds from
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
31.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -29.7pp since 2023
Math
31.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -11.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 30 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.7% | 31.7% |
| 2023-24 | 61.4% | 43.5% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 High School
Upper Dauphin Area High School's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Dauphin Area High School this school | 331 | 48.9% | 44.1% |
| Bloomsburg Area High School Bloomsburg | 362 | 45.3% | 56.4% |
| Sharpsville Area SHS Sharpsville | 326 | 48.2% | 50.7% |
| East Juniata JSHS McAlisterville | 362 | 49.4% | 43.3% |
| Frazier High School Perryopolis | 309 | 49.5% | 45.8% |
| Northeast Bradford JSHS Rome | 313 | 51.8% | 44.6% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #385 of 576 | #10 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #382 of 626 ▼ 135 | #9 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #556 of 626 ▼ 249 | #12 of 15 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #533 of 713 | #12 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #209 of 601 | #5 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.2% | #330 of 604 | #11 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #364 of 619 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #119 of 373 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
331
-31 (-9%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 331 | 25.6 | 12.9:1 | 49% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 23.7 | 13.6:1 | 50% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 24.6 | 13.9:1 | 47% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 25 | 14.5:1 | 99% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 23.6 | 16.3:1 | 40% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 34% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 31% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 9% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 460 | 38 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Upper Dauphin Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (383 to 331); teachers up 9% (23.6 to 25.6).
About Upper Dauphin Area High School
Upper Dauphin Area High School is classified as a high school. It is located in Elizabethville, Pennsylvania. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 331 students. The typical figure for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738 students.
Upper Dauphin Area SD has a total of 3 schools and 1,006 students, Upper Dauphin Area High School among them.
Federal enrollment data show Upper Dauphin Area High School is 86% White. The remaining students are 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Dauphin County, the White share is about 63%. Upper Dauphin Area High School's diversity index is 26%, against a US figure of 70%.
Upper Dauphin Area High School's 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.9:1. For comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 49%. That rate is below the 59% average among public schools in Dauphin County.
allk12 grades Upper Dauphin Area High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.6% for Upper Dauphin Area High School. The school posts 44.1%, 12.5 points below the prediction.
Among Dauphin County residents, the median household income is $76,242, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Besides Upper Dauphin Area High School, Dauphin County has 74 other public schools.
Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Upper Dauphin Area High School holds 2 other public schools. Upper Dauphin Area High School's average proficiency of 44.1% compares with 50.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes Upper Dauphin Area High School as Rural: Distant.
Federal data show a 9% enrollment decrease, from 362 in 2020-21 to 331 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.5:1 to 12.9:1.
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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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Upper Dauphin Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Upper Dauphin Area Elementary School3.3 mi · 373
- Upper Dauphin Area Middle School3.3 mi · 302
- Millersburg Area Middle School7.2 mi · 211
- Millersburg Elementary School7.2 mi · 287
- Millersburg Area High School7.2 mi · 207
- Lenkerville Elementary School7.9 mi · 324
Frequently asked questions
About Upper Dauphin Area High SchoolHow many students attend Upper Dauphin Area High School?
Upper Dauphin Area High School enrolls approximately 331 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Upper Dauphin Area High School serve?
Upper Dauphin Area High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Upper Dauphin Area High School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Upper Dauphin Area High School.
What is the student diversity at Upper Dauphin Area High School?
Student demographics at Upper Dauphin Area High School are roughly 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Upper Dauphin Area High School public or private?
Upper Dauphin Area High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Upper Dauphin Area SD.
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