Disston Hamilton Sch

Disston Hamilton Sch is one of the high-enrollment K-5 schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, operated by Philadelphia City SD, with 737 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Disston Hamilton Sch sits 66% above that benchmark.

Disston Hamilton Sch is one of 220 schools operated by Philadelphia City SD, a district that serves 116,230 students overall.

On demographics, Disston Hamilton Sch records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 30% Black, 11% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Disston Hamilton Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Disston Hamilton Sch falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 34.8%; this one comes in at 13.8%, -20.9 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Philadelphia County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Disston Hamilton Sch is one of 309 public schools in Philadelphia County (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students).

Nearest neighbor: Keystone Academy CS, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Disston Hamilton Sch at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 27.6%.

Disston Hamilton Sch operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 890 students in 2018 compared to 737 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 29% to 53%. Class-load math has fell: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Disston Hamilton Sch typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.