Regular local school district · Dauphin County
Central Dauphin SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Central Dauphin SD runs 19 public schools with 12,517 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 13.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 12,517
- Teachers (FTE)
- 898
- Students per teacher
- 13.9
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 600 Rutherford Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17109
- Phone
- (717)545-4703
- County
- Dauphin County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4205400
- State district ID
- PA-115221402
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,271
- School counselors (FTE)
- 39.0About 321 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 46.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.9
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 (11,894), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $213.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.4 million
- State revenue
- $51.9 million
- Local revenue
- $152.7 million
- Total spending
- $207.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,447
- Salaries
- $83.8 million40.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $135.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.4%
- State: 24.3%
- Local: 71.4%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,447
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Central Dauphin SD
By level: 2 high, 4 middle, 13 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Central Dauphin East Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 702 | 12.5 |
| Central Dauphin East SHSCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,573 | 13.6 |
| Central Dauphin Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 834 | 14.9 |
| Central Dauphin SHS | High | 9 to 12 | 1,966 | 15.2 |
| Chambers Hill El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 257 | 10.3 |
| Lawnton El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 310 | 12.9 |
| Linglestown El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 475 | 15.3 |
| Linglestown Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 841 | 15.0 |
| Middle Paxton El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 289 | 14.4 |
| Mountain View El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 373 | 13.3 |
| North Side El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 722 | 16.8 |
| Paxtang El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 281 | 15.6 |
| Paxtonia El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 682 | 15.9 |
| Phillips El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 393 | 12.3 |
| Rutherford El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 461 | 15.4 |
| South Side El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 603 | 13.1 |
| Swatara Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 611 | 11.8 |
| Tri-Community El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 427 | 12.2 |
| West Hanover El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 589 | 15.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Dauphin County
- Commonwealth Charter Academy CS 29,321 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
- Infinity CS 256 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.