Steelton-Highspire HS
Steelton · PA · Steelton-Highspire SD · Public · K-12 combined
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The Samuel School → Harrisburg HS → Lighthouse Christian Academy → Merakey Education & Autism Center → Harrisburg HS - SciTech Cmp → Capital Area School for the Arts CS → Bishop Mcdevitt High School → Central Dauphin East SHS →📋 At a glance
- 📚 5 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 7 physics · 4 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 64th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 8% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 62% (Bottom 12% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Steelton-Highspire HS compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 64th percentile nationally with 5 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: The Samuel School, Harrisburg HS, Lighthouse Christian Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
64th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 8% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 12% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 612 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $21,041 per student in district revenue, the 35 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $736,435/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Samuel School Camp Hill |
Private | 1.7 | 20 | — |
| Harrisburg HS Harrisburg |
Public | 2.4 | 1,342 | +13.1% |
| Lighthouse Christian Academy Harrisburg |
Private | 2.6 | 43 | — |
| Merakey Education & Autism Center Harrisburg |
Private | 3.0 | 9 | — |
| Harrisburg HS - SciTech Cmp Harrisburg |
Public | 3.0 | 347 | +5.8% |
| Capital Area School for the Arts CS Harrisburg |
Public · charter | 3.1 | 193 | +0.5% |
| Bishop Mcdevitt High School Harrisburg |
Private | 3.2 | 716 | +2.0% |
| Central Dauphin East SHS Harrisburg |
Public | 3.5 | 1,573 | +2.2% |