Harrisburg
Harrisburg, PA schools & districts: ratings, enrollment, map
$2,265 left/mo
3 bd $1,738/mo in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax.
Public-school students
107,843
NCES 2024-2025
Pupils per teacher
13.9
7,760 teachers
Districts / schools
28 / 132
Public districts and schools
Beds
1
Usual: studio
Childcare
$0
No kids under 5
Left / mo
$2,265
NCES counts 132 public schools here. 133 are filed under a level. 1 is not in that split, so the two counts are not the same list.
Largest public school districts
12 largest districts in Harrisburg.
- Commonwealth Charter Academy CS
Harrisburg
- Students
- 29,321
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.2
- Central Dauphin SD
Harrisburg
- Students
- 12,517
- Schools
- 19
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.9
- Cumberland Valley SD
Mechanicsburg
- Students
- 10,401
- Schools
- 11
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.1
- Harrisburg City SD
Harrisburg
- Students
- 6,578
- Schools
- 12
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.8
- Reach Cyber CS
Harrisburg
- Students
- 5,721
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.2
- Carlisle Area SD
Carlisle
- Students
- 5,180
- Schools
- 10
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.4
- Mechanicsburg Area SD
Mechanicsburg
- Students
- 4,717
- Schools
- 8
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.4
- Lower Dauphin SD
Hummelstown
- Students
- 3,352
- Schools
- 8
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.1
- Susquehanna Township SD
Harrisburg
- Students
- 3,153
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 16
- Derry Township SD
Hershey
- Students
- 3,131
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.3
- East Pennsboro Area SD
Enola
- Students
- 2,593
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.1
- Big Spring SD
Newville
- Students
- 2,379
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.6
NCES 2024–25.
Schools by level
Primary
74
Elementary grades
Middle
27
Middle or junior high
High
29
Secondary grades
Other
3
K–12, ungraded, alternative
133 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Harrisburg metro sits
Roughly the core of the Harrisburg, PA metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
Family of four
2 adults, 2 kids, 3 bd. −$136 left/mo. Childcare $1,153. Harrisburg paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Moving from Harrisburg
Take-home by job in Harrisburg
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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