Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 299 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWER DAUPHIN SD·NCES 421410001752
East Hanover Elementary School
2673 Sand Beach Rd, Grantville, PA 17028 · (717) 469-2686 · Dauphin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
102 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -18.6pp since 2023
Math
45.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.1% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 58.7% | 51.5% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like East Hanover Elementary School
East Hanover Elementary School's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hanover Elementary School this school | 333 | 30.6% | 52.4% |
| West Rockhill Elementary School Sellersville | 350 | 27.7% | 64.9% |
| Dormont Elementary School Pittsburgh | 380 | 33.4% | 80.1% |
| Locust Grove Elementary School York | 348 | 33.6% | 53.8% |
| Brandywine Heights Elementary School Topton | 372 | 32.3% | 57.5% |
| Schuylkill Elementary School Phoenixville | 418 | 29.2% | 66.0% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where East Hanover Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #810 of 1,396 | #17 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #885 of 1,511 ▼ 170 | #19 of 36 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #1,015 of 1,511 ▼ 346 | #19 of 36 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #1,128 of 1,638 | #28 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #895 of 1,528 | #24 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #848 of 1,531 | #33 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.6% | #1,317 of 1,600 | #30 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #495 of 1,045 | #6 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
333
-76 (-19%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 333 | 24.8 | 13.4:1 | 31% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 27.5 | 12.0:1 | 31% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 25.8 | 13.5:1 | 28% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 29% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 27.6 | 14.0:1 | 25% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 28% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 24 | 15.9:1 | 21% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 17% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 23 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Hanover Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (386 to 333); teachers down 10% (27.6 to 24.8).
About East Hanover Elementary School
East Hanover Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Lower Dauphin SD in Grantville, Pennsylvania. It enrolls 333 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 25% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Lower Dauphin SD is the district for East Hanover Elementary School. It has 8 schools and 3,339 students.
About 78% of the student body at East Hanover Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 63% of Dauphin County residents are White. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at East Hanover Elementary School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 24.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Roughly 31% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 28 points below the 59% average for public schools in Dauphin County.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, East Hanover Elementary School outscored 30%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, East Hanover Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 52.4% actual against 64.5% predicted.
In Dauphin County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $76,242 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting East Hanover Elementary School, Dauphin County has 75 public schools.
West Hanover Elementary School is the nearest public school to East Hanover Elementary School, about 3.0 miles away. East Hanover Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 71.5% proficiency; East Hanover Elementary School posts 52.4%.
For locale, NCES codes East Hanover Elementary School as Rural: Fringe.
From 409 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 333 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.2 to 13.4 over 4 years.
East Hanover Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Dauphin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
289,593
Census ACS
Median income
$76,242
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
72,718 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lower Dauphin SD
- Lower Dauphin High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
- Lower Dauphin Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- South Hanover Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Nye Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- Conewago Elementary SchoolElementary · 239 students
- Londonderry Elementary SchoolElementary · 234 students
Nearby schools
- West Hanover Elementary School3.0 mi · 589
- Central Dauphin SHS4.5 mi · 1,966
- South Hanover Elementary School4.8 mi · 371
- Northside Elementary School5.1 mi · 229
- Palmyra Area Middle School5.7 mi · 820
- Hershey Primary Elementary School5.7 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About East Hanover Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at East Hanover Elementary School?
East Hanover Elementary School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades KG-05.
Is East Hanover Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
East Hanover Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does East Hanover Elementary School have?
East Hanover Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at East Hanover Elementary School?
Student demographics at East Hanover Elementary School are roughly 78% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees East Hanover Elementary School?
East Hanover Elementary School is overseen by Lower Dauphin SD in Dauphin County.
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