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Central Dauphin School District

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Central Dauphin School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Central Dauphin School District has 120.12 square miles of land area and 7.22 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Central Dauphin School District population is 91,628. Central Dauphin School District median household income is $63,783 in 2010-2014. Central Dauphin School District median house value is $170,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Central Dauphin School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (371 out of 496, bottom 25%) Elementary/Middle School: (323 out of 498, bottom 35%)* Rank: #360
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	19
Population	91,628 (2010-2014), rank #10
Population Growth	5.90% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	719.52/sq mi, rank #159
Median Household Income:	$63,783 at 2010-2014—5.36% increase since 2005-2009, rank #112
Median House Price:	$170,700 at 2010-2014—6.95% increase since 2005-2009, rank #156
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	120.12 sq mi, rank #116
Water Area:	7.22 sq mi (5.67%), rank #12
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Dauphin County
City:	Harrisburg, Hummelstown, Skyline View, Rutherford, Oberlin, Lawnton, Enhaut, Bressler, Penbrook, Paxtang, Dauphin, Progress, Paxtonia, Linglestown, Colonial Park
Zip:	17112, 17111, 17036, 17113, 17104, 17103, 17109, 17018, 17110
Area:	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

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Central Dauphin School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

600 Rutherford Rd

Harrisburg PA, 17109, Dauphin County

Phone: 717-545-4703

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	10,916	10,946	10,831	10,937	10,900	10,781	10,956
English Language Learner Students:	434	420	405	352	349	376	331
Total Teachers:	757.50	738.80	790.80	800.80	835.00	840.00	882.60
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	19.00	19.50	19.50	19.00	19.00	18.50	21.00
Elementary:	359.80	341.90	356.50	361.40	373.70	372.70	380.20
Secondary:	353.70	353.90	393.80	402.40	424.80	428.60	459.90
Ungraded:	25.00	23.50	21.00	18.00	17.50	20.20	21.50
Total Other Staff:	369.00	481.60	479.50	505.50	631.50	643.10	637.50
Instructional Aides:	122.00	127.00	127.00	133.00	132.00	129.50	123.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	6.00	6.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	26.00	26.00	26.00	27.00	27.00	27.00	27.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	11.50	11.50	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	12.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	14.50	14.50	15.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	15.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	15.00	16.00	16.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	2.00	2.00	16.00	11.00	16.00	17.00
District Administrators:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	5.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	22.00	25.00	25.00	28.00	29.00	34.00	35.00
School Administrators:	40.00	39.00	38.00	40.00	43.00	43.00	42.00
School Administrative Support:	45.00	50.00	50.00	49.00	50.00	52.50	52.50
Student Support Services:	NA	36.60	35.50	34.50	34.50	32.60	27.00
Other Support Services:	94.00	149.00	149.00	150.00	279.00	280.50	287.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.41	14.82	13.70	13.66	13.05	12.83	12.41

Schools

Central Dauphin East Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	628 Rutherford Rd, Harrisburg PA 17109
Central Dauphin East Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	626 Rutherford Rd, Harrisburg PA 17109
Central Dauphin Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	4600 Locust Ln, Harrisburg PA 17109
Central Dauphin Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	437 Piketown Rd, Harrisburg PA 17112
Chamber Hill Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	6450 Chambers Hill Rd, Harrisburg PA 17111
Lawnton Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	4400 Franklin St, Harrisburg PA 17111
Linglestown Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1044 North Mountain Rd, Harrisburg PA 17112
Linglestown Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1200 North Mountain Rd, Harrisburg PA 17112
Middle Paxton Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	931 Peters Mountain Rd, Dauphin PA 17018
Mountain View Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	400 Gibbel Rd, Harrisburg PA 17112
North Side Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	4520 Devonshire Rd, Harrisburg PA 17109
Paxtang Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	3530 Rutherford St, Harrisburg PA 17111
Paxtonia Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	6135 Jonestown Rd, Harrisburg PA 17112
Phillips Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	100 Oakmont Rd, Harrisburg PA 17109
Rutherford Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	6500 Clearfield St, Harrisburg PA 17111
South Side Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	4525 Union Deposit Rd, Harrisburg PA 17111
Swatara Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1101 Highland St, Harrisburg PA 17113
Tri-Community Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	255 Cypress St, Harrisburg PA 17113
West Hanover Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	7740 Manor Dr, Harrisburg PA 17112

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.6%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.7%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.7%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.4%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.7%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.9%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.3%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.8%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.1%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.3%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.2%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.3%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.2%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.8%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.7%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.8%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.6%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	39.5%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.9%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.6%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	39.5%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	62.7%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.5%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.9%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.6%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.2%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	70.2%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.9%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.7%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.5%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.6%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.6%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.7%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.7%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75.5%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.5%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.7%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.1%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.8%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.2%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.8%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.2%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.8%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.2%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.7%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.8%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.2%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.4%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.1%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.2%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.9%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.3%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.9%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.2%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.1%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.9%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.2%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.6%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.8%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.3%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.2%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.8%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	63.3%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61.4%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.3%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$159,277,000	$14,706		$160,779,000	$14,700		$160,276,000	$14,704
Federal:	$5,066,000	$468	3.2%	$9,650,000	$882	6.0%	$7,725,000	$709	4.8%
State:	$33,670,000	$3,109	21.1%	$33,958,000	$3,105	21.1%	$34,126,000	$3,131	21.3%
Local:	$120,541,000	$11,129	75.7%	$117,171,000	$10,713	72.9%	$118,425,000	$10,865	73.9%
Total Expenditures:	$148,280,000	$13,690		$149,489,000	$13,668		$148,454,000	$13,620
Total Current Expenditures:	$123,818,000	$11,432		$126,018,000	$11,522		$119,284,000	$10,943
Instructional Expenditures:	$77,688,000	$7,173	62.7%	$77,804,000	$7,114	61.7%	$73,440,000	$6,738	61.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$9,152,000	$845	7.4%	$9,729,000	$890	7.7%	$9,057,000	$831	7.6%
Administration:	$11,972,000	$1,105	9.7%	$12,606,000	$1,153	10.0%	$11,687,000	$1,072	9.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$25,006,000	$2,309	20.2%	$25,879,000	$2,366	20.5%	$25,100,000	$2,303	21.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,944,000	$272		$1,616,000	$148		$7,490,000	$687
Construction:	$1,713,000	$158		$920,000	$84		$6,165,000	$566
Total Other:	$2,333,000	$215		$3,073,000	$281		$3,041,000	$279
Interest on Debt:	$7,581,000	$700		$7,853,000	$718		$8,398,000	$770

Total Salary:	$69,321,000	$6,400		$71,982,000	$6,582		$72,340,000	$6,637
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$52,403,000	$4,838	75.6%	$53,200,000	$4,864	73.9%	$51,694,000	$4,743	71.5%
Other Salary:	$16,918,000	$1,562	24.4%	$18,782,000	$1,717	26.1%	$20,646,000	$1,894	28.5%
Total Benefit:	$31,495,000	$2,908		$31,053,000	$2,839		$26,890,000	$2,467
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$22,244,000	$2,054	70.6%	$21,119,000	$1,931	68.0%	$18,296,000	$1,679	68.0%
Other Benefit:	$9,251,000	$854	29.4%	$9,934,000	$908	32.0%	$8,594,000	$788	32.0%

* Central Dauphin School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.