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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HATBORO-HORSHAM SD·NCES 421161003271
Hallowell Elementary School
501 Moreland Ave, Horsham, PA 19044 · (215) 420-5900 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
162 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Hatboro-Horsham SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.2pp since 2023
Math
54.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 54.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.7% | 54.0% |
% 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
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Hallowell Elementary School
Hallowell Elementary School's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hallowell Elementary School this school | 438 | 37.0% | 56.8% |
| Conrad Weiser East Elementary School Wernersville | 449 | 36.7% | 61.8% |
| Wescosville Elementary School Wescosville | 465 | 33.5% | 68.5% |
| Franconia Elementary School Souderton | 426 | 33.3% | 68.0% |
| Macungie Elementary School Macungie | 529 | 34.0% | 68.6% |
| Cornwall Elementary School Cornwall | 541 | 37.3% | 66.9% |
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 Hallowell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #687 of 1,396 | #71 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #695 of 1,511 ▼ 52 | #74 of 92 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #754 of 1,511 ▼ 61 | #73 of 92 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #727 of 1,638 | #54 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #299 of 1,528 | #24 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #555 of 1,531 | #68 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #1,212 of 1,600 | #36 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.7% | #64 of 450 | #5 of 30 |
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
438
+32 (+8%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 438 | 38.1 | 11.5:1 | 37% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 39 | 11.0:1 | 38% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 34.2 | 12.4:1 | 33% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 31 | 13.1:1 | 31% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 23.3 | 15.2:1 | 27% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 302 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 22% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 310 | 24 | 12.9:1 | 12% (37) |
| 2000-01 | 423 | 24 | 17.6:1 | 2% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 383 | 24 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hallowell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (354 to 438); teachers up 64% (23.3 to 38.1).
About Hallowell Elementary School
Hallowell Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Pennsylvania, located in Horsham. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 438 students.
Across its 6 schools, Hatboro-Horsham SD enrolls 4,179 students. Hallowell Elementary School is one of those schools.
At Hallowell Elementary School, 68% of students are White. The remaining students are 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hallowell Elementary School is 11.5:1, based on 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Lunch program data show 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Montgomery County is similar, at 40%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Hallowell Elementary School outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Hallowell Elementary School are 5.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (56.8% actual, 61.8% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Montgomery County show that median household income comes to about $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 160, with about 115,302 students.
Keith Valley Middle School sits about 0.8 miles from Hallowell Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 55.6% proficiency; Hallowell Elementary School posts 56.8%.
The federal government classifies Hallowell Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
From 406 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 438 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 13.1:1 to 11.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
867,573
Census ACS
Median income
$113,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
115,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hatboro-Horsham SD
- Hatboro-Horsham SHSHigh · 1,336 students
- Keith Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Simmons Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Crooked Billet Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Blair Mill ElementaryElementary · 361 students
Other schools in Horsham
- Hatboro-Horsham SHSHigh · 1,336 students
- Keith Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Simmons Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
Nearby schools
- Keith Valley Middle School0.8 mi · 966
- Blair Mill Elementary1.2 mi · 361
- Hatboro-Horsham SHS1.5 mi · 1,336
- Simmons Elementary School1.5 mi · 610
- Crooked Billet Elementary School2.1 mi · 468
- Willow Dale Elementary School2.1 mi · 728
Frequently asked questions
About Hallowell Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hallowell Elementary School?
Hallowell Elementary School enrolls approximately 438 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Hallowell Elementary School serve?
Hallowell Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hallowell Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hallowell Elementary School is approximately 11.5:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hallowell Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hallowell Elementary School are roughly 68% White, 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Hallowell Elementary School public or private?
Hallowell Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hatboro-Horsham SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.