Lower Dauphin High School
Hummelstown, PA 17036
Phone: (717) 566-5330
District: Lower Dauphin School District
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades 9,10,11,12 • 1057 students
Lower Dauphin High School, a public school located in Hummelstown, PA, serves grades 9-12 in the Lower Dauphin School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 9 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.
Lower Dauphin High School is a public school located in Hummelstown, PA. 1057 students attend Lower Dauphin High School.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 8/10 | The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 The Pennsylvania Keystone Exams data from Pennsylvania Department of Education, and using 2025 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment data from Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
| College Readiness | 9/10 | The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using 2019 Average SAT score data from Pennsylvania Department of Education, using 2019 Average ACT score data from Pennsylvania Department of Education, using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2025 4-year high school graduation rate data from Pennsylvania Department of Education, and using 2025 demographic data from Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
| Student Growth | 9/10 | The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Posted: August 6, 2019
I am a student from Central Dauphin East High, and just to be clear, the students here can take on the snobbish attitudes as the likes of Hershey (Public School). They are not taught respect as the booed the MARCHING BAND. When I visited their school for county orchestra a couple of their students, upon learning what school I was in made comments about every one who goes there living in subsidized housing. On that note though the curriculum might be great there, but discipline and the teaching of respect and passion needs serious help.
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Posted: June 14, 2018
In your whole career at lower daupgin you will encounter some nice and helpful teachers but all the others will make you want to cry yourself to sleep.
Posted: June 14, 2018
HA! This is funny. We cram integrity down each other's throats to hide the fact that most people in the school are racist, sexist, human beings that dont respect anyone.
Posted: June 14, 2018
Getting in contact with anyone substantial is next to inpossible and most students are left to figure everything by themselves
Posted: June 14, 2018
The only thing Lower Dauphin is good at is pretending. Students with learning differences will feel included and happy because everyone pretends they are a nice person and won't be mean to those students. But they will be mean to everyone else.
Posted: June 14, 2018
You could not walk through the doors of LD without hearing something derogatory towards another student
Posted: June 14, 2018
Lower Dauphin is rich. They still would rather spend their money on football gear than textbooks. I have been in the Lower dauphin district for almost 10 years and I have hated every minute.
Posted: June 14, 2018
When students are crying over the amount of work to do and all of the stresses from this school I think there is an obvious problem.
Posted: May 6, 2018
This school offers a well balanced education. The teachers prepare the students for life outside of middle school/ high school. Your child can grow in any avenue they choose, advanced education, sports, music, drama, it's their choice. Great school district.
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Posted: February 20, 2017
Great school! Superintendent is top notch. She cares about the school district with all her heart and soul. Principals & VPs are fully invested in the kids as well. Most teachers are great. A few of the older ones, like the HS home economics teacher, need to retire - cranky with no patience and seems sick of her job. The executives need to get rid of her..
Reviews provided by GreatSchools™
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| 1 | Good Hope Farms South | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Mechanicsburg | PA | 14.6 mi | |
| 2 | North Ridge II | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Carlisle | PA | 25.6 mi |
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| New Cumberland Army Depot | 8 mi. |
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