Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLISLE AREA SD·NCES 420501001691
Hamilton Elementary School
735 Clay St, Carlisle, PA 17013 · (717) 240-6800 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- CTest 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
14.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
266 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.5pp since 2023
Math
29.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 29.6% |
| 2023-24 | 51.8% | 36.1% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Hamilton Elementary School
Hamilton Elementary School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Elementary School this school | 388 | 68.6% | 43.9% |
| Washington Heights Elementary School Lemoyne | 324 | 68.5% | 50.0% |
| Woodlyn Elementary School Woodlyn | 320 | 76.3% | 43.7% |
| Bellaire Elementary School Carlisle | 407 | 60.0% | 59.7% |
| Mooreland Elementary School Carlisle | 372 | 61.6% | 54.6% |
| Middle Smithfield Elementary School East Stroudsburg | 420 | 57.1% | 40.6% |
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 Hamilton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #998 of 1,396 | #33 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #1,163 of 1,511 ▼ 134 | #34 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #872 of 1,511 ▲ 4 | #29 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #928 of 1,638 | #20 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,055 of 1,528 | #20 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #48 of 1,531 | #1 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.6% | #739 of 1,600 | #1 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #803 of 1,045 | #15 of 21 |
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
388
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 432
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
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 | 388 | 27.8 | 14.0:1 | 69% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 72% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 29.5 | 11.7:1 | 71% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 77% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 27.3 | 15.2:1 | 64% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 69% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 61% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 322 | 26 | 12.4:1 | 39% (126) |
| 1990-91 | 432 | 26 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (414 to 388); teachers up 2% (27.3 to 27.8).
About Hamilton Elementary School
The public elementary school Hamilton Elementary School is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. School enrollment was 388 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5.
Carlisle Area SD (10 schools, 5,087 students) runs Hamilton Elementary School.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Hamilton Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 39%. The remaining shares are 28% Black, 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 8% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Cumberland County's population at about 82%. Hamilton Elementary School's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hamilton Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.0:1. That is 0.9 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 69%. The rate at public schools in Cumberland County averages 41%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Hamilton Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hamilton Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 43.9% actual against 48.2% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cumberland County show that the median household income is $87,494, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hamilton Elementary School is one of 57 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Crestview Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. Hamilton Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Hamilton Elementary School's average proficiency of 43.9% compares with 49.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Hamilton Elementary School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment went from 380 in 2020-21 to 388 in 2024-25, a change of 8 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Hamilton Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,323
Census ACS
Median income
$87,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
33,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carlisle Area SD
- Carlisle Area High SchoolHigh · 1,559 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Lamberton Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Mooreland Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
Other schools in Carlisle
- Carlisle Area High SchoolHigh · 1,559 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Lamberton Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Middlesex Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
Other Hamilton Elementary schools
27 other US public schools in 17 states are named Hamilton Elementary. Hamilton Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 28.
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolLancaster, PA · 339 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 1,028 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 999 students
- Hamilton ElementaryFresno, CA · 811 students
- HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSANFORD, FL · 671 students
Nearby schools
- Crestview Elementary School1.0 mi · 541
- Bellaire Elementary School1.0 mi · 407
- Wilson Middle School1.1 mi · 604
- Letort Elementary School1.1 mi · 225
- Carlisle Area High School1.2 mi · 1,559
- Mooreland Elementary School1.5 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Hamilton Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hamilton Elementary School?
Hamilton Elementary School enrolls approximately 388 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Hamilton Elementary School serve?
Hamilton Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Hamilton Elementary School have?
Hamilton Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Hamilton Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hamilton Elementary School are roughly 39% White, 13% Hispanic, 28% Black, 8% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Hamilton Elementary School in?
Hamilton Elementary School is part of Carlisle Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.