NCES CCD 2024-25 18 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Mechanicsburg, PA

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

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18
Schools
13,918
Students
47/100
Avg Resource Index
15.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Mechanicsburg has more public-school enrollment than 87% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Mechanicsburg 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

12 of Mechanicsburg's 18 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 3 middle and 3 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 21-point gap between Hampden El Sch and Cumberland Valley Hs shows the range hidden by Mechanicsburg'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 13%
School count
Top 17%
Resource Index average
78th percentile
Teacher staffing
45th percentile

Cumberland Valley Hs accounts for 22.7% of all Mechanicsburg public-school enrollment

That concentration means Mechanicsburg-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

Mechanicsburg school enrollment varies 113× across entities

Mechanicsburg school enrollment ranges from 28 students (lowest) to 3,163 students (highest), a spread of 3,135 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Mechanicsburg student-teacher ratio is 15.8:1 — 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 Mechanicsburg is typically wider than the Mechanicsburg-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Hampden El Sch 58
2. Broad Street El Sch 56
3. Winding Creek El Sch 55
4. Shepherdstown El Sch 55
5. Silver Spring El Sch 52
6. Mechanicsburg Ms 50
7. Elmwood Academy 49
8. Green Ridge El Sch 48
9. Eagle View Ms 46
10. Northside El Sch 46
11. Rossmoyne El Sch 45
12. Upper Allen El Sch 43
13. Mechanicsburg Area Shs 42
14. Mountain View Ms 40
15. Kindergarten Academy 39
16. Sporting Hill El Sch 38
17. Cumberland Valley Hs 37
18. Cumberland Perry Area Career & Technical -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Mechanicsburg

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 Winding Creek El Sch 69.2/100
  2. 2 Silver Spring El Sch 61.4/100
  3. 3 Green Ridge El Sch 60.3/100
  4. 4 Mountain View Ms 59.5/100
  5. 5 Rossmoyne El Sch 59.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Mechanicsburg?

Which Mechanicsburg school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Hampden El Sch has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Mechanicsburg schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Mechanicsburg, PA? ▼

Mechanicsburg has 18 public schools with a total enrollment of 13,918 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.8:1.

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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.