Charter agency · Dauphin County
Capital Area School for the Arts CS, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Capital Area School for the Arts CS runs 1 public school with 193 students in grades 9 to 12. Its ratio of 17.5 students per teacher is 4.0 higher than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 193
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11
- Students per teacher
- 17.5
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 150 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17101
- Phone
- (717)732-8450
- County
- Dauphin County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- 9 to 12
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 4200876
- State district ID
- PA-115227010
- Total staff (FTE)
- 20
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 193 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district17.5
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (194), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $124,000
- State revenue
- $125,000
- Local revenue
- $3.3 million
- Total spending
- $4.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,253
- Salaries
- $1.3 million32.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $923,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.5%
- State: 3.5%
- Local: 93.0%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,253
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Capital Area School for the Arts CS
By level: 1 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Capital Area School for the Arts CSCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 193 | 17.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Dauphin County
- Commonwealth Charter Academy CS 29,321 students
- Central Dauphin SD 12,517 students
- Harrisburg City SD 6,578 students
- Reach Cyber CS 5,721 students
- Lower Dauphin SD 3,352 students
- Susquehanna Township SD 3,153 students
- Derry Township SD 3,131 students
- Middletown Area SD 2,284 students
- Steelton-Highspire SD 1,474 students
- Dauphin County Technical School 1,187 students
- Upper Dauphin Area SD 1,018 students
- Williams Valley SD 931 students
- Halifax Area SD 858 students
- Millersburg Area SD 708 students
- Pennsylvania STEAM Academy CS 360 students
More in Pennsylvania
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.