Schools · Harrisburg
Harrisburg, PA schools
26 public, charter and private schools in Harrisburg. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D−
Harrisburg’s School Grade: D-
The public schools Harrisburg’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 96% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
DTest scoresD-Graduation
Pennsylvania school districts we grade (683)Better than 4%
Lower resultsHigher results
Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (800)Better than 1%
High confidence. Built on 2,522 tested students and a graduating class of 417; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Pennsylvania with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Harrisburg City)6%
State average 37.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
69% graduate on time
Graduation rate
69%
PA: 87.5%
Graduating class
417
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #1032 of 1,035 PA towns →
Districts
The district serving Harrisburg
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Harrisburg is home to 2 colleges
Harrisburg Area Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Harrisburg6,841on campusHarrisburg University of Science and TechnologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Harrisburg3,306on campus
All 2 colleges in Harrisburg →Every school
All 26 schools in Harrisburg
Showing 1–26 of 26 schools
Benjamin Franklin SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 678 students
D-PublicMelrose SchElementary · Grades K–5 · 536 students
DPublicFoose SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 522 students
D-PublicScott at Lincoln SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 484 students
D-PublicDowney SchElementary · Grades PK–5 · 405 students
D-PublicSteele SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 362 students
PublicPennsylvania STEAM Academy CSElementary · Grades K–5 · 360 students
CharterSylvan Heights Science CSElementary · Grades K–4 · 217 students
DCharterSt. Stephen's Episcopal SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 132 students
PrivateThe Nativity School of HarrisburgElementary · Grades 5–8 · 68 students
PrivateNew City School DBA Logos HarrisburgElementary · Grades PK–4 · 62 students
PrivateRabbi David L Silver Yeshiva AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 50 students
PrivateHillside Seventh-Day Adventist SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 23 students
PrivateJoshua Learning CenterElementary · Grades K · 14 students
PrivateCamp Curtin AcademyMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 724 students
D-PublicMarshall Math Science AcademyMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 408 students
CPublicRowland AcademyMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 353 students
D-PublicHarrisburg HSHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,343 students
DPublicHarrisburg HS - SciTech CmpHigh · Grades 9–12 · 347 students
C-PublicCapital Area School for the Arts CSHigh · Grades 9–12 · 193 students
C+CharterCommonwealth Charter Academy CSOther · Grades K–12 · 29,320 students
B-CharterCougar AcademyOther · Grades K–12 · 300 students
D-PublicMarshall AcademyGrades M
PublicPremier Arts and Science CSGrades M
CharterThe Worship Academy School of the ArtsOther · Grades K–11 · 68 students
PrivateLighthouse Christian AcademyOther · Grades K–11 · 44 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.