Lower Dauphin SD
A public school district in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, with 8 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 3,352
- Students enrolled
- 276.3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 518.3
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $17,880
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 3,352 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,931st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 140th of 777 in Pennsylvania. Larger than 83% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $17,880 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 64% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Lower Dauphin SD spent $17,880 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,814 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $17,880 | $62.0 million | 3,470 |
| FY2022 | $16,544 | $58.5 million | 3,534 |
| FY2021 | $15,670 | $56.6 million | 3,613 |
| FY2020 | $14,763 | $54.9 million | 3,719 |
| FY2019 | $15,114 | $55.4 million | 3,666 |
| FY2018 | $14,333 | $53.5 million | 3,731 |
| FY2017 | $13,992 | $51.9 million | 3,712 |
| FY2016 | $13,564 | $49.8 million | 3,675 |
| FY2015 | $12,932 | $48.0 million | 3,710 |
| FY2014 | $11,895 | $44.6 million | 3,753 |
| FY2013 | $12,004 | $45.4 million | 3,786 |
| FY2012 | $11,301 | $42.8 million | 3,786 |
| FY2011 | $11,527 | $44.2 million | 3,832 |
| FY2010 | $10,811 | $41.7 million | 3,861 |
| FY2009 | $10,211 | $39.8 million | 3,895 |
| FY2008 | $9,912 | $38.6 million | 3,899 |
| FY2007 | $9,284 | $38.0 million | 4,093 |
| FY2006 | $9,003 | $35.8 million | 3,977 |
| FY2005 | $8,814 | $34.3 million | 3,896 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $3.4 million | 4.7% |
| State | $24.3 million | 33.6% |
| Local | $44.7 million | 61.8% |
| Total | $72.4 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
8 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Conewago El School | 239 |
| East Hanover El School | 333 |
| Londonderry El School | 234 |
| Lower Dauphin High School | 1,057 |
| Lower Dauphin MS | 781 |
| Nye El School | 317 |
| Price | 7 |
| South Hanover El School | 371 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 4214100
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Pennsylvania — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Pennsylvania — A to Z, each with its page.
- Pennsylvania on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved