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Hummelstown, Pennsylvania - 8 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Lower Dauphin Sd #346 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,544 per pupil, Lower Dauphin Sd ranks #412 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,470
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$16,544
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lower Dauphin Sd operates 8 public schools serving 3,470 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,544 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 60.8% local, 33.3% state, and 5.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 47/100, ranked #346 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (23 AP courses district-wide), a 307:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 14.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.0% White, 8.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is South Hanover El Sch, with a diversity index of 42.2/100.
Its largest campus is Lower Dauphin Hs, enrolling 1,057 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Price, at 7 students, a 151x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lower Dauphin Hs accounts for 30.5% of all Lower Dauphin Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lower Dauphin Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Lower Dauphin Sd school enrollment varies 151× across entities
Lower Dauphin Sd school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 1,057 students (highest), a spread of 1,050 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Lower Dauphin Sd student-counselor ratio is 307:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Lower Dauphin Sd is typically wider than the Lower Dauphin Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Lower Dauphin Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 14.4% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.