NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Carlisle, PA

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10 public K-12 schools in Carlisle from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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10
Schools
5,291
Students
51.3/100
Avg Resource Index
14.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Carlisle has more public-school enrollment than 58% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Carlisle sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

7 of Carlisle's 10 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 28-point gap between Carlisle Area Hs and Middlesex El Sch shows the range hidden by Carlisle's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 42%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
90th percentile
Teacher staffing
60th percentile

Carlisle Area Hs accounts for 29.5% of all Carlisle public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Carlisle-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Carlisle school enrollment varies 8.1× across entities

Carlisle school enrollment ranges from 193 students (lowest) to 1,559 students (highest), a spread of 1,366 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Carlisle student-teacher ratio is 14.6:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Carlisle is typically wider than the Carlisle-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Carlisle Area Hs 62
2. Lamberton Ms 62
3. North Dickinson El Sch 61
4. Letort El Sch 55
5. Mooreland El Sch 54
6. Wilson Ms 53
7. Bellaire El Sch 49
8. Hamilton El Sch 48
9. Crestview El Sch 35
10. Middlesex El Sch 34

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Carlisle

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Hamilton El Sch 72.9/100
  2. 2 Letort El Sch 70.5/100
  3. 3 Bellaire El Sch 69.0/100
  4. 4 Mooreland El Sch 68.0/100
  5. 5 Wilson Ms 63.9/100

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Which Carlisle school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Carlisle Area Hs has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Carlisle schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Carlisle, PA? ▼

Carlisle has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,291 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.