Rowland School
1842 Derry St
Harrisburg PA, 17104, Dauphin County
Phone: 717-703-4500
Ranking: 
(2,305 out of 2,311, bottom 0%)*
(2,305 out of 2,311, bottom 0%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8
School District: Harrisburg City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 42 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 56 | 59 | 55 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 754 | 604 | 637 | 688 | 624 | 636 | 635 | |||||||
| Grade 5: | 198 | 26.3% | 90 | 14.9% | 103 | 16.2% | 81 | 11.8% | 86 | 13.8% | 101 | 15.9% | 93 | 14.6% |
| Grade 6: | 187 | 24.8% | 108 | 17.9% | 92 | 14.4% | 81 | 11.8% | 100 | 16.0% | 100 | 15.7% | 103 | 16.2% |
| Grade 7: | 200 | 26.5% | 211 | 34.9% | 225 | 35.3% | 213 | 31.0% | 172 | 27.6% | 187 | 29.4% | 146 | 23.0% |
| Grade 8: | 169 | 22.4% | 195 | 32.3% | 217 | 34.1% | 209 | 30.4% | 180 | 28.8% | 158 | 24.8% | 186 | 29.3% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 385 | 51.1% | 298 | 49.3% | 327 | 51.3% | 367 | 53.3% | 327 | 52.4% | 302 | 47.5% | 301 | 47.4% |
| Female: | 369 | 48.9% | 306 | 50.7% | 310 | 48.7% | 321 | 46.7% | 289 | 46.3% | 326 | 51.3% | 330 | 52.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 14 | 1.9% | 8 | 1.3% | 11 | 1.7% | 17 | 2.5% | 12 | 1.9% | 14 | 2.2% | 18 | 2.8% |
| Hispanic: | 300 | 39.8% | 219 | 36.3% | 194 | 30.5% | 210 | 30.5% | 193 | 30.9% | 199 | 31.3% | 201 | 31.7% |
| Black: | 407 | 54.0% | 355 | 58.8% | 398 | 62.5% | 420 | 61.0% | 376 | 60.3% | 389 | 61.2% | 386 | 60.8% |
| White: | 25 | 3.3% | 15 | 2.5% | 29 | 4.6% | 38 | 5.5% | 43 | 6.9% | 32 | 5.0% | 30 | 4.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 6 | 0.8% | 6 | 1.0% | 4 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 645 | 85.5% | 513 | 84.9% | 525 | 82.4% | 604 | 87.8% | 529 | 84.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 12 | 2.0% | 25 | 3.9% | 5 | 0.7% | 28 | 4.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.01 | 12.33 | 12.87 | 13.45 | 11.11 | 10.80 | 11.60 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 17.6% | 30.4% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 20.6% | 26.2% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 25% | 34.6% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 15.6% | 37.6% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 36.5% | 41.5% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 23.7% | 44.3% | 85.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 13.4% | 21.1% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 23.1% | 23.7% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 27.8% | 25.4% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 19.5% | 32.2% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 27.1% | 31% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 12.6% | 27.7% | 73.3% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 31% | 33% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 16.7% | 33.5% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 29% | 30.5% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 15.1% | 35% | 82.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 15.3% | 20.9% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 15.9% | 20.6% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 14.3% | 24.2% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 20.4% | 28.1% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.8% | 34.4% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.1% | 35.9% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.7% | 34.8% | 73.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 7% | 17.6% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 11.5% | 17.2% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 14.7% | 16.1% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.6% | 20.2% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 16% | 23.9% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.3% | 29.1% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.5% | 26.2% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 9.6% | 21.2% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.8% | 27.3% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.5% | 24% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.6% | 25.9% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 20.3% | 32% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.3% | 37% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.7% | 35.8% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 7.6% | 19.2% | 68% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 8.2% | 22.2% | 69.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 14.9% | 28.5% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 11.7% | 31.5% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 26.1% | 39% | 78% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 17.2% | 42% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 25.3% | 32.1% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 8.9% | 21.3% | 65.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 13.1% | 24.4% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 23.4% | 29.1% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 19.1% | 28.3% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 29.1% | 28.5% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 19.7% | 29% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 14.3% | 25% | 68.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 13.2% | 25.5% | 66.5% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 9.7% | 18.7% | 67.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 17.5% | 26.9% | 70.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 25% | 34.5% | 75.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 24.6% | 35.4% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.9% | 39.7% | 78.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 44.1% | 80.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 18.2% | 28.6% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 10.4% | 21.6% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 22.5% | 27.6% | 70% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 21.6% | 33.3% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 23% | 33% | 73.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 30% | 39% | 76% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.9% | 43.3% | 76% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 9% | 12.8% | 51.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 13.6% | 14.8% | 57.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 9.3% | 16.8% | 62.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 9.9% | 21.1% | 67.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 9.7% | 25% | 70.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 12% | 27.5% | 71.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 22.3% | 33% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 19.5% | 33.8% | 76.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 31.7% | 43.1% | 76.4% |
| 2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 25% | 26.3% | 63.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 29.9% | 29.6% | 68.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 15.9% | 25.4% | 70.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 22.7% | 34.2% | 75% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.3% | 38.2% | 78.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 46.7% | 80.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.3% | 46.4% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.2% | 46.1% | 81.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.8% | 51.2% | 79.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 5.1% | 11.7% | 52.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 7.4% | 12.1% | 54.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 11% | 18.5% | 57.2% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 9.3% | 16.8% | 58.3% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 12% | 19.8% | 59.7% |
| 2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 10% | 27.3% | 66.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 42% | 40.7% | 71.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 23.1% | 30.2% | 69.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 42.6% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 41% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.8% | 48.3% | 73.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 34.7% | 39.1% | 72.7% |
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* Rowland School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.