The Harrisburg School District is a large, urban, public school district based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The school district boundaries are coterminous with the city of Harrisburg. The Harrisburg City School District encompasses approximately 11 square miles (28 km²). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 48,950. By 2010, the district's population increased to 49,550 people.^[1]

Harrisburg public schools provide education for the city's youth, beginning with preschool through twelfth grade. In July 2000, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling that upholds the Education Empowerment Act adopted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and signed by then–Governor Tom Ridge, that permitted a change in the governance of the Harrisburg School District from an elected school board, to a board of control named by Harrisburg mayor Stephen R. Reed, and which gave the mayor direct oversight of the troubled district. It was the first time a mayor had taken on the role in the state.^[2]

The district operates the following schools for 2013–14:

• Steele School, closed in August 2010 due to low enrollment and a district-wide budget shortfall^[3]
• Hamilton School, closed in the 2011–2012 school year due to low student enrollment coupled with significant budget constraints for the district.^[4]
• Lincoln School, closed in the 2011–2012 school year due to low student enrollment coupled with significant budget constraints for the district.^[5] Students will be assimilated into other district schools.
• Career Technology Academy, closed by the board in the summer of 2011