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Black student results in Central Dauphin School District

Across 16 schools in Central Dauphin School District, 28.8% of Black students meet proficient. That is 2.8 points above the Pennsylvania average for Black students.

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41.7%
All students
28.8%
Black
29.1%
Hispanic
53.1%
White
41.9%
Asian

Average across the 16 schools in Central Dauphin School District with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 16 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, West Hanover El Sch reports 50% of Black students meeting the standard. Swatara Ms, in the same district, reports 11.6%. That is a 38.4-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Central Dauphin School District

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
West Hanover El Sch 70.4% 50% 43.8% 76.7% 53%
Paxtonia El Sch 62.4% 44.4% 51.9% 68.2% 64.3%
Mountain View El Sch 55.3% 42.3% 40.9% 61.9% 44.4%
North Side El Sch 51.9% 41.7% 31.7% 63.3% 43.4%
Central Dauphin Ms 49.5% 37.8% 33.9% 53.2% 52%
South Side El Sch 33.5% 32.1% 30.1% 44.4% 31.5%
Rutherford El Sch 42.7% 29.9% 39.1% 47.4% 51.9%
Chambers Hill El Sch 36.9% 28% 25% 53.4% 28.6%
Lawnton El Sch 28.5% 22.8% 14.3% 32.4%
Linglestown Ms 36.9% 22.6% 21% 43% 41.7%
Central Dauphin East Ms 24.6% 22.1% 15.7% 25% 34.9%
Linglestown El Sch 60.1% 18.9% 28.6% 68.6% 60%
Phillips El Sch 27.2% 18.9% 18.3% 38% 27.6%
Tri-Community El Sch 27.7% 18.9% 29.8% 41.3% 31.6%
Paxtang El Sch 36.2% 18.4% 20% 71.4%
Swatara Ms 23.8% 11.6% 20.8% 41.2% 31.2%

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How to read this. Pennsylvania suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 1,156 of Pennsylvania's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Pennsylvania figures should not be compared against another state's.

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