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Lower Dauphin School District

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Lower Dauphin School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Lower Dauphin School District has 92.19 square miles of land area and 4.40 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Lower Dauphin School District population is 25,040. Lower Dauphin School District median household income is $68,527 in 2010-2014. Lower Dauphin School District median house value is $200,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Lower Dauphin School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (176 out of 496, top 35%) Elementary/Middle School: (98 out of 498, top 20%)* Rank: #131
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	8
Population	25,040 (2010-2014), rank #144
Population Growth	3.12% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	259.24/sq mi, rank #277
Median Household Income:	$68,527 at 2010-2014—2.14% increase since 2005-2009, rank #78
Median House Price:	$200,100 at 2010-2014—19.53% increase since 2005-2009, rank #98
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	92.19 sq mi, rank #174
Water Area:	4.40 sq mi (4.55%), rank #25
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Dauphin County
City:	Hummelstown, Harrisburg, Hershey, Union Deposit, Elizabethtown, Middletown, Palmyra, Grantville
Zip:	17036, 17111, 17033, 17022, 17057, 17078, 17028, 17112
Area:	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

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Lower Dauphin School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

291 East Main St

Hummelstown PA, 17036, Dauphin County

Phone: 717-566-5300

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,753	3,786	3,786	3,832	3,861	3,895	3,899
English Language Learner Students:	53	41	31	13	13	12	13
Total Teachers:	276.92	279.42	282.92	294.75	294.75	286.60	291.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	10.00
Elementary:	129.45	131.18	131.43	135.66	137.86	133.90	135.00
Secondary:	121.07	123.40	126.15	137.25	137.65	134.70	136.00
Ungraded:	17.40	15.84	16.34	12.84	10.24	9.00	10.00
Total Other Staff:	224.50	237.25	236.25	244.25	226.25	218.70	197.00
Instructional Aides:	89.00	89.00	89.00	99.00	87.00	84.50	64.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	4.00	4.00	4.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	12.00	11.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	6.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	9.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	7.00	7.00	6.00
District Administrators:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	19.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	16.00	15.00	14.00
School Administrators:	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.00	13.00	12.00
School Administrative Support:	19.00	21.00	21.00	19.00	20.00	20.00	19.00
Student Support Services:	NA	8.75	7.75	6.75	7.25	6.20	3.00
Other Support Services:	54.00	52.00	52.00	53.00	55.00	51.00	58.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.55	13.55	13.38	13.00	13.10	13.59	13.40

Schools

Conewago Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	2809 Hershey Rd, Elizabethtown PA 17022
East Hanover Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	2673 Sand Beach Rd, Grantville PA 17028
Londonderry Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	260 Schoolhouse Rd, Middletown PA 17057
Lower Dauphin High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	201 South Hanover St, Hummelstown PA 17036
Lower Dauphin Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	251 Quarry Rd, Hummelstown PA 17036
Nye Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	200 South John St, Hummelstown PA 17036
Price	Grade 6 to Grade 12	101 East High St, Hummelstown PA 17036
South Hanover Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	15 West 3rd St, Hershey PA 17033

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.4%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.4%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.3%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.5%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.4%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68.4%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.2%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.2%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.9%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.7%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.6%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.7%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.3%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.1%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.5%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.3%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.3%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.4%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.1%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.4%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.8%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.3%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.3%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	69.1%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.4%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.2%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.6%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.6%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.1%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.6%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.4%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.4%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.2%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.8%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.8%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.2%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.1%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.5%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.4%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.3%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.3%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.5%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.2%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.7%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.4%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.7%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.1%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.8%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.7%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.9%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.6%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.7%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.8%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.1%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.2%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.2%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.9%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.4%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.7%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.7%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.7%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.5%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.6%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.5%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.1%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$56,220,000	$14,849		$57,197,000	$14,926		$55,742,000	$14,437
Federal:	$1,818,000	$480	3.2%	$4,233,000	$1,105	7.4%	$3,283,000	$850	5.9%
State:	$17,732,000	$4,684	31.5%	$17,262,000	$4,505	30.2%	$17,418,000	$4,511	31.2%
Local:	$36,670,000	$9,686	65.2%	$35,702,000	$9,317	62.4%	$35,041,000	$9,076	62.9%
Total Expenditures:	$57,324,000	$15,141		$57,595,000	$15,030		$51,295,000	$13,285
Total Current Expenditures:	$42,784,000	$11,301		$44,173,000	$11,527		$41,741,000	$10,811
Instructional Expenditures:	$26,915,000	$7,109	62.9%	$28,172,000	$7,352	63.8%	$26,737,000	$6,925	64.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,415,000	$902	8.0%	$3,677,000	$960	8.3%	$3,307,000	$857	7.9%
Administration:	$3,766,000	$995	8.8%	$3,685,000	$962	8.3%	$3,460,000	$896	8.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$8,688,000	$2,295	20.3%	$8,639,000	$2,254	19.6%	$8,237,000	$2,133	19.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$9,187,000	$2,427		$7,688,000	$2,006		$3,927,000	$1,017
Construction:	$8,527,000	$2,252		$6,221,000	$1,623		$0	$0
Total Other:	$404,000	$107		$543,000	$142		$531,000	$138
Interest on Debt:	$1,571,000	$415		$1,472,000	$384		$1,412,000	$366

Total Salary:	$24,157,000	$6,381		$25,735,000	$6,716		$24,800,000	$6,423
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$18,080,000	$4,775	74.8%	$19,579,000	$5,109	76.1%	$18,860,000	$4,885	76.0%
Other Salary:	$6,077,000	$1,605	25.2%	$6,156,000	$1,606	23.9%	$5,940,000	$1,538	24.0%
Total Benefit:	$9,467,000	$2,501		$9,030,000	$2,356		$8,142,000	$2,109
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$7,143,000	$1,887	75.5%	$6,857,000	$1,789	75.9%	$6,258,000	$1,621	76.9%
Other Benefit:	$2,324,000	$614	24.5%	$2,173,000	$567	24.1%	$1,884,000	$488	23.1%

* Lower Dauphin School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.