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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Benjamin Franklin Sch, Harrisburg, PA

CEP schoolBenjamin Franklin Sch is a public elementary school in Harrisburg, part of Harrisburg City SD. It enrolled 678 students in 2024-25, with 10.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
678
Teachers (FTE)
66.0
Students per teacher
10.3
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 5.5 lower than the district figure of 15.8. The Pennsylvania average across schools is 13.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.3
District15.8
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
1205 N 6th Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110
Phone
(717)703-1200
District
Harrisburg City SD
County
Dauphin County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
421158007501
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
740
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
740
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Harrisburg City SD

Elementary schools elsewhere in Harrisburg

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.