Hamilton Elementary

Hamilton Elementary is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in Hanford, California, run under Hanford Elementary, with 418 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Across the 12 schools in Hanford Elementary (5,460 students total), Hamilton Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Hamilton Elementary records that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 10% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kings County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Hamilton Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kings County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,995, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Kings County runs 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,742 students), of which Hamilton Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is George Washington Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hamilton Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hamilton Elementary has declined 11%, going from 468 students in 2018 to 418 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 15% to 10%.

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