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Harrisburg City School District

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Harrisburg City School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Harrisburg City School District has 8.13 square miles of land area and 3.73 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Harrisburg City School District population is 49,297. Harrisburg City School District median household income is $32,476 in 2010-2014. Harrisburg City School District median house value is $84,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Harrisburg City School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (492 out of 496, bottom 1%) Elementary/Middle School: (497 out of 498, bottom 0%)* Rank: #498
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	16
Population	49,297 (2010-2014), rank #39
Population Growth	4.07% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	4,155.18/sq mi, rank #26
Median Household Income:	$32,476 at 2010-2014—2.53% increase since 2005-2009, rank #488
Median House Price:	$84,100 at 2010-2014—8.66% increase since 2005-2009, rank #433
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	8.13 sq mi, rank #452
Water Area:	3.73 sq mi (31.47%), rank #31
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Dauphin County
City:	Harrisburg
Zip:	17104, 17103, 17111, 17101, 17110, 17102
Area:	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

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Harrisburg City School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

2101 North Front St Bldg 2

Harrisburg PA, 17110, Dauphin County

Phone: 717-703-4000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	6,398	6,311	6,691	7,944	8,112	8,306	8,391
English Language Learner Students:	735	722	714	733	679	664	627
Total Teachers:	423.00	466.00	503.00	596.55	709.50	736.90	697.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	23.00	31.00	29.00	25.00
Kindergarten:	15.00	16.00	22.00	27.00	28.00	27.00	31.00
Elementary:	175.19	212.92	211.52	243.76	276.21	281.40	298.90
Secondary:	147.81	145.58	174.48	209.84	268.36	285.10	255.80
Ungraded:	85.00	91.50	95.00	92.95	105.93	114.40	86.30
Total Other Staff:	377.00	460.00	465.00	559.20	675.75	679.50	600.30
Instructional Aides:	51.00	78.00	78.00	86.00	125.00	122.00	117.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.00	0.00	1.00	2.50	4.00	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	15.00	18.00	18.00	20.00	20.00	22.00	17.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	10.95	13.00	13.00	13.50	12.00	13.00	10.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.05	5.00	5.00	6.50	8.00	9.00	7.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	1.00	7.00	8.00	10.00	9.00	7.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrators:	8.00	7.00	10.00	10.20	9.00	6.00	6.00
District Administrative Support:	39.00	38.00	38.00	35.00	47.00	27.00	39.00
School Administrators:	17.00	21.00	24.00	30.50	39.50	42.00	32.00
School Administrative Support:	24.00	28.00	28.00	44.00	49.00	48.00	43.00
Student Support Services:	NA	39.00	33.00	29.50	47.50	55.50	55.30
Other Support Services:	223.00	228.00	227.00	292.00	323.25	341.00	276.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.13	13.54	13.30	13.32	11.43	11.27	12.04

Schools

Benjamin Franklin School	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	1205 North 6th St, Harrisburg PA 17110
Benjamin Franklin School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1205 North 6th St, Harrisburg PA 17110
Camp Curtin School	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	2900 North 6th St, Harrisburg PA 17110
Camp Curtin School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	2900 North 6th St, Harrisburg PA 17110
Downey School	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	1313 Monroe St, Harrisburg PA 17103
Downey School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1313 Monroe St, Harrisburg PA 17103
Foose School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1301 Sycamore St, Harrisburg PA 17104
Harrisburg High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	2451 Market St, Harrisburg PA 17103
Harrisburg Hs - Scitech Cmp	Grade 9 to Grade 12	215 Market St, Harrisburg PA 17101
Marshall School	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	301 Hale Ave, Harrisburg PA 17104
Marshall School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	301 Hale Ave, Harrisburg PA 17104
Math Science Academy	Grade 5 to Grade 8	301 Hale Ave, Harrisburg PA 17104
Melrose School	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	2041 Berryhill St, Harrisburg PA 17104
Melrose School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	2041 Berryhill St, Harrisburg PA 17104
Rowland School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	1842 Derry St, Harrisburg PA 17104
Scott School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1900 Derry St, Harrisburg PA 17104

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	7.2%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	11.4%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	8.2%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	14.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	11%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	17.9%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	21.3%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	33.9%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	29.2%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	30.4%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	19.3%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	25.1%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	18.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	27.8%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	26.6%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	23.1%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	28.8%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	36%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	36.4%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	40.3%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	5.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	12%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	13.3%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	17.4%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	15.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	28.4%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	62.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	65.8%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	57.3%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	67.2%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	76.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	54.6%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	35%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	37.1%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	41.4%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	37.7%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52.8%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45.3%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	43.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	30%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	27%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	28.8%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	39.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	39.7%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40.8%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	30.4%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	26.2%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	34.6%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	37.6%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	41.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	44.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	32.1%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	21.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	23.7%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	25.4%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	32.2%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	31%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	27.7%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	22.7%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	33%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	33.5%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	30.5%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	35%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	28.4%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	16.1%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	18.5%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	18.3%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	20.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	20.6%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	24.2%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	28.1%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	34.4%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35.9%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	34.8%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	21.2%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	27.3%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	20.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	17.6%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	17.2%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	16.1%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	20.2%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	23.9%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	29.1%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	26.2%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	21.2%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	27.3%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	24%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	25.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	32%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	37%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	35.8%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	19.2%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	22.2%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	28.5%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	31.5%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	39%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	42%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.1%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	21.3%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	24.4%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	29.1%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	28.3%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	28.5%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	29%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	25%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	25.5%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	18.7%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	26.9%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34.5%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	35.4%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39.7%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.1%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	28.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	21.6%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	27.6%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	33.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	33%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	39%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	43.3%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	12.8%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	14.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	21.1%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	16.8%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	21.1%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	25%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	27.5%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33.8%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.1%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	26.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	29.6%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	26.8%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	25.4%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	34.2%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	38.2%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	46.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	46.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	46.1%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.2%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	12.1%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.5%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	16.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	19.8%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	27.3%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	40.7%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	30.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	42.6%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	41%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	48.3%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	39.1%	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:	$128,133,000	$19,150		$138,463,000	$17,430		$142,340,000	$17,547
Federal:	$15,750,000	$2,354	12.3%	$23,509,000	$2,959	17.0%	$27,594,000	$3,402	19.4%
State:	$62,597,000	$9,355	48.9%	$64,477,000	$8,116	46.6%	$66,084,000	$8,146	46.4%
Local:	$49,786,000	$7,441	38.9%	$50,477,000	$6,354	36.5%	$48,662,000	$5,999	34.2%
Total Expenditures:	$128,083,000	$19,143		$137,616,000	$17,323		$148,054,000	$18,251
Total Current Expenditures:	$93,335,000	$13,949		$103,471,000	$13,025		$116,032,000	$14,304
Instructional Expenditures:	$56,268,000	$8,410	60.3%	$65,341,000	$8,225	63.1%	$74,365,000	$9,167	64.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$7,544,000	$1,127	8.1%	$6,955,000	$876	6.7%	$8,396,000	$1,035	7.2%
Administration:	$11,285,000	$1,687	12.1%	$11,813,000	$1,487	11.4%	$13,608,000	$1,678	11.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$18,238,000	$2,726	19.5%	$19,362,000	$2,437	18.7%	$19,663,000	$2,424	16.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$4,217,000	$630		$2,408,000	$303		$1,427,000	$176
Construction:	$3,712,000	$555		$1,337,000	$168		$0	$0
Total Other:	$1,618,000	$242		$5,605,000	$706		$6,300,000	$777
Interest on Debt:	$13,308,000	$1,989		$13,364,000	$1,682		$12,965,000	$1,598

Total Salary:	$48,366,000	$7,229		$56,823,000	$7,153		$66,902,000	$8,247
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$33,674,000	$5,033	69.6%	$40,005,000	$5,036	70.4%	$47,553,000	$5,862	71.1%
Other Salary:	$14,692,000	$2,196	30.4%	$16,818,000	$2,117	29.6%	$19,349,000	$2,385	28.9%
Total Benefit:	$25,838,000	$3,862		$25,454,000	$3,204		$26,493,000	$3,266
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$17,869,000	$2,671	69.2%	$18,287,000	$2,302	71.8%	$19,460,000	$2,399	73.5%
Other Benefit:	$7,969,000	$1,191	30.8%	$7,167,000	$902	28.2%	$7,033,000	$867	26.5%

* Harrisburg City School District was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.