Best Public Schools in Zip Code 17043

Summary:

The 17043 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Washington Heights Elementary School, which serves students from the West Shore School District. While the school's overall performance has declined in recent years, it continues to outperform the state average in both Math and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency, though it falls short of the district averages.

Washington Heights Elementary School is ranked 823 out of 1,511 Pennsylvania elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in PSSA Math and ELA for all grades were 50.5% and 47.9%, respectively, in the 2024-2025 school year. These scores are higher than the state averages of 41.7% in Math and 48.5% in ELA, but lower than the district averages of 49% in Math and 53% in ELA. The school's Science proficiency rate for all grades was 76.9% in the 2023-2024 school year, exceeding both the district and state averages.

The school serves a relatively high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 55.64% of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. Despite this, the school's per-student spending for the 2022-2023 school year was $19,101, which is higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, the student-teacher ratio at Washington Heights Elementary School for the 2023-2024 school year was 12.6, which is lower than the typical class size.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSSA Math (2025)			PSSA English Language Arts (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Washington Heights Elementary School	Public	K-4	531 Walnut St	Lemoyne	17043	Cumberland County	West Shore School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 761-8040	324	26	12.7	68.5%	150 (46.3%)	64 (19.8%)	55 (17.0%)	20 (6.2%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	31 (9.6%)	50	823^rd of 1511 public elementary schools	45.5%		44.4	955^th of 1526 public elementary schools	37.4%	132	55.5	45.9	50.5	44.6	50.9	47.9	$21,672	$1,212	$20,460

Cities Near Zip Code 17043

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lemoyne	0.51 mi	1	499^th
Harrisburg	1 mi	41	644^th
Camp Hill	1.41 mi	8	197^th
New Cumberland	2.16 mi	3	416^th
Steelton	3.47 mi	4	716^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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