Lower Paxton’s public schools score below 59% of Pennsylvania districts
The public schools Lower Paxton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 59% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
How Lower Paxton compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Lower Paxton vs. its neighbors
Lower Paxton’s schools rank 2nd of 5 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Pennsylvania districts.
Every school in Lower Paxton
18 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Lower Paxton families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Lower Paxton
There’s no college in Lower Paxton, but 11 are within 30 miles. The closest is Harrisburg Area Community College in Harrisburg, 4.7 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Lower Paxton. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 1 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Pennsylvania. Stars are from neighbors.