Central Dauphin School District | |
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Central Dauphin School District is shown in pink
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Address | |
600 Rutherford Road Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County 17109 United States |
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Type | Public |
Closed | Fishing Creek Valley ES (2003), Alternative Ed School (1998) |
School board | 9 locally elected members |
Superintendent | Dr. Carol Johnson, contract 7/2012 to 7/12/2016 |
Administrator |
Mrs. Karen McConnell, Director of Business Affairs |
Director | Mr. Scott Kuren, Director of Pupil Services |
Principal | Ken MIller, CDSHS |
Principal | Dr Jesse Rawls, CDESHS |
Principal | Christine Miller, CDEMS |
Principal | Jeff Matzner, CDMS |
Staff | 505 staff members 2012 |
Faculty | 800 teachers 2011, 835 teachers in 2010 |
Grades | K-12 |
Age | 5 years old to 21 years old |
Pupils |
11,059 Pupils (2015) |
• Kindergarten | 772 (2007), 752 (2010), 824 (2012) |
• Grade 1 | 759 (2007), 805 (2010), 863 |
• Grade 2 | 802 (2007), 816 (2010), 893 |
• Grade 3 | 790 (2007), 858 (2010), 836 |
• Grade 4 | 818 (2007), 810 (2010), 847 |
• Grade 5 | 784 (2007), 828 (2010), 852 |
• Grade 6 | 879 (2007), 817 (2010), 891 |
• Grade 7 | 919 (2007), 845 (2010), 835 |
• Grade 8 | 996 (2007), 826 (2010), 879 |
• Grade 9 | 826 (2007), 809 (2010), 836 |
• Grade 10 | 996 (2007), 829 (2010), 742 |
• Grade 11 | 901 (2007), 909 (2010), 796 |
• Grade 12 | 853 (2007), 797 (2010), 852 (2012) |
• Other | Enrollment projected to be 12,000 in 2020 |
Language | English |
Budget |
$174 million (2015-16) |
Tuition | for nonresident and charter school students ES $8,651.55, HS $9,958.34 |
Per pupils Spending | $12,801.92 (2010) |
Per pupils Spending | $13,630 (2008) |
Website | http://www.cdschools.org/ |
Mrs. Karen McConnell, Director of Business Affairs
11,059 Pupils (2015)
10,946 pupils (2013),
10,701 pupils in 2009-2010,
$174 million (2015-16)
$168 million (2014-15) $162.5 million 2013-2014
$155.6 million (2012-13)
$152 million (2011-12)
The Central Dauphin School District is a large, suburban, public school district located in suburban Harrisburg, Pennsylvania serving students in central and eastern Dauphin County. It is the largest school district in the county, the largest in the greater Harrisburg metropolitan area and is the 14th largest school district in Pennsylvania. The District serves the Boroughs of: Dauphin, Paxtang and Penbrook as well as Lower Paxton Township, Middle Paxton Township, Swatara Township and West Hanover Township. It was created in 1954, combining four smaller districts. The Central Dauphin School District encompasses approximately 118 square miles (310 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 83,750. By 2010, the District's population increased to 90,442 people. The educational attainment levels for the Central Dauphin School District population (25 years old and over) were 91.8% high school graduates and 30.4% college graduates.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 39.3% of the District’s pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2009, Central Dauphin School District residents' per capita income was $23,896, while the median family income was $56,338. In Dauphin County, the median household income was $52,371. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.