Dauphin County Technical School operates 1 public schools serving 1,125 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Dauphin County.
The funding mix is 77.2% local, 14.6% state, and 8.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 395.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 34.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 39.3% White, 23.0% Hispanic or Latino, 19.7% African American across the district's schools.
Dauphin County Technical School accounts for 100.0% of all Dauphin County Technical School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Dauphin County Technical School a distant remainder — means Dauphin County Technical School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Dauphin County Technical School reports 52.9% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Dauphin County Technical School student-counselor ratio is 396:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Dauphin County Technical School chronic absenteeism rate is 34.5% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Dauphin County Technical School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Dauphin County Technical School?
Dauphin County Technical School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 1,125 students.
What is the demographic composition of Dauphin County Technical School?
Dauphin County Technical School students are 39.3% White, 23.0% Hispanic or Latino, 19.7% African American, 13.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.