Best Public Schools in Zip Code 17023

Summary:

The 17023 zip code is home to a single public high school, Upper Dauphin Area High School, which serves grades 9-12 and has a total enrollment of 343 students. The school is part of the Upper Dauphin Area School District, which is ranked 310 out of 606 school districts in Pennsylvania and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Upper Dauphin Area High School has some areas of strength, such as its performance on the Biology Keystone Exam, the school is facing challenges in other areas. The school's Algebra I Keystone Exam proficiency rate of 17.4% is significantly lower than the state average of 34.1%, indicating a need for improvement in math instruction and support. Additionally, the school's 4-year graduation rate of 88.0% is slightly lower than the state average, and its dropout rate of 4.0% is higher than the state average.

The high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (46.94%) suggests that the school serves a population with significant economic challenges, which may impact academic performance and require additional support and resources. The school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.9 may also indicate challenges in attracting and retaining qualified teachers, which could contribute to the school's declining performance, as evidenced by its drop in statewide ranking from 253 out of 537 schools in 2020-2021 to 397 out of 674 schools in 2022-2023.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				Keystone Exams Algebra I (2023)	Keystone Exams Biology (2023)	Keystone Exams Literature (2023)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Keystone Exams Algebra I 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Biology 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Literature 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Upper Dauphin Area High School	Public	9-12	220 N Church St	Elizabethville	17023	Dauphin County	Upper Dauphin Area School District	No	No	No	No	(717) 362-8181	343	25	13.9	46.9%	311 (90.7%)	7 (2.0%)	17 (5.0%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	48.1	397^th of 674 public high schools	41.1%		49.5	394^th of 634 public high schools	37.9%	3	17.4	56.3	58.4	$16,655	$411	$16,244

Cities Near Zip Code 17023

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Elizabethville	0.63 mi	1	567^th
Lykens	3.78 mi	2	359^th
Millersburg	6.63 mi	3	335^th
Herndon	7.77 mi	2	189^th
Halifax	8.38 mi	3	263^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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