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Welcome Harrisburg School District!
The Harrisburg School District is committed to providing a rigorous and relevant education to ALL students in a learning environment that fosters high expectations and data driven and standards aligned instruction provided by committed, highly qualified teachers. We endeavor to provide a culturally responsive, safe, and positive school environment to enhance, empower, and promote the value of lifelong learning for our students. Families and the Harrisburg community are active partners in the educational process
In pursuit of educational excellence, our District aims to empower ALL students to become high academic achievers and lifelong learners who understand the need for a rigorous and diversified education and who are motivated and prepared to compete and succeed beyond high school graduation in 21st Century global markets.
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We need your help!
Harrisburg School District is requesting feedback on its Parent and Family Engagement Policy.
During the 2024-2025 school year, Harrisburg School District students will continue to have a 2-hour early dismissal on Wednesdays.
The first day of school is Tuesday, September 3, 2024.
The Harrisburg School District is committed to creating a safe and enjoyable sports and entertainment experience for all students, fans, and guests.
Harrisburg School District Selects Next Superintendent
Important Information
Dear Harrisburg School District Community,
Harrisburg School District is pleased to announce that Dr. Benjamin Henry will be the District’s next superintendent with approval planned for the School Board meeting on Tuesday, August 27, 2024. Dr. Henry’s anticipated 4-year term will begin on November 1, 2024. Meanwhile, Dr. Marcia Stokes (Chief Financial Officer) who was appointed Acting Superintendent effective July 1, 2024, will continue to serve in that capacity until Dr. Henry assumes the role. Click here to read the full press release.
By The Numbers
Who We Are
The School District of the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is a culturally diverse, urban school district in South Central Pennsylvania.
The City of Harrisburg proper is home to approximately fifty thousand (50,000) residents. Rich in history, the City of Harrisburg, the Capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the seat of Dauphin County, is the hub of a metropolitan area of people in South Central Pennsylvania. Now the regional center of finance, transportation, commerce, recreation, special events, entertainment, history, arts and government, Harrisburg is approximately one-hundred (100) miles from Philadelphia, two-hundred miles from Pittsburgh, one-hundred seventy (170) miles from New York City, eighty-one (81) miles from Baltimore and one-hundred six (106) miles from Washington, DC.
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Students
732
Staff Members
432
Classrooms
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Languages Spoken