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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Rutherford El Sch, Harrisburg, PA

CEP schoolRutherford El Sch is a public elementary school in Harrisburg, part of Central Dauphin SD. It enrolled 461 students in 2024-25, with 15.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
461
Teachers (FTE)
30.0
Students per teacher
15.4
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.5 higher than the district figure of 13.9. The Pennsylvania average across schools is 13.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.4
District13.9
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
6500 Clearfield St, Harrisburg, PA 17111
Phone
(717)561-1990
District
Central Dauphin SD
County
Dauphin County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
420540001811
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
473
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
473
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 Central Dauphin 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.