Price
Public high school, grades 6 to 12 · Hummelstown, Pennsylvania
Price in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania enrolled 7 students in 2024-25 with 2.1 full-time teachers, 3.3 students per teacher against the Pennsylvania high-school median of 13.8. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, under 50% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Pennsylvania: 38.1%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 50% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 91%
14 students in 2022-23, 14 students in 2023-24, 7 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 1.1 to 2.1.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 14 | 1.1 | 12.7 |
| 2023-24 | 14 | 2.1 | 6.7 |
| 2024-25 | 7 | 2.1 | 3.3 |
3.3 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 100 of every 100 Pennsylvania high schools
Among the 645 Pennsylvania high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 13.8; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Price enrolled 10 students and reported no counselor; it reported 2 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions2
- Chronically absent57.1% (2022-23)
Who attends
85.7% of students were White, 14.3% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- White85.7%
- Two or more races14.3%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2022-23
In 2022-23, the students tested at Price scored proficient or above: under 50% in math, against 38.1% in math across Pennsylvania. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Pennsylvania, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject | This school | Its district | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | under 50% | 39‑43% (2021-22) | 38.1% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
High schools in Hummelstown
2 public high schools in Hummelstown report 2024-25 enrollment; Price is number 2 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Dauphin High School | 1,057 | 12.1 | 23.5% |
| Price | 7 | 3.3 | 78.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Price
- Lower Dauphin High SchoolThe nearest public high school, 0.3 miles away: 1,057 students, 12.1 per teacher (2024-25).0.3 mi
- Hershey High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 3.5 miles away: 1,050 students, 12.3 per teacher (2024-25).3.5 mi
- Compare Price with Lower Dauphin High SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Lower Dauphin SD spends per student$17,880 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$17,880
- The largest public schools in PennsylvaniaPrice is the number 687 by size of 709 Pennsylvania high schools open in 2024-25.#687 of 709
- Pennsylvania schools by students per teacher3.3 students per teacher here against the Pennsylvania median of 13.8 for high schools.3.3:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Price
How many students attend Price?
7 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 14 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Hummelstown, PA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Price?
3.3 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Pennsylvania median for high schools is 13.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Price a Title I school?
Price was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).How do students at Price do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at Price scored proficient or above: under 50% in math, against 38.1% in math across Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Price in?
Lower Dauphin SD, NCES district ID 4214100. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 421410000881 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.