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What's one thing Hamilton Heights El Sch gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAMBERSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420555006274
Hamilton Heights Elementary School
1589 Johnson Rd, Chambersburg, PA 17201 · (717) 261-3448 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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.
- ABeats 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
13.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
544 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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% . -8.9pp since 2023
Math
49.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.4pp 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 50 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.2% | 54.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Heights Elementary School
Hamilton Heights Elementary School's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Heights Elementary School this school | 553 | 98.4% | 54.3% |
| Farmdale Elementary School Mount Joy | 489 | 99.4% | 65.0% |
| Dana El Center Forty Fort | 626 | 95.8% | 40.2% |
| Fayetteville Elementary School Fayetteville | 481 | 96.7% | 57.0% |
| East Petersburg Elementary School East Petersburg | 480 | 95.8% | 63.2% |
| Mountville Elementary School Mountville | 552 | 99.5% | 61.6% |
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 Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #753 of 1,396 | #12 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #798 of 1,511 ▼ 163 | #12 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #873 of 1,511 ▼ 79 | #16 of 24 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #379 of 1,638 | #4 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #811 of 1,528 | #6 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #478 of 1,531 | #7 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #432 of 1,600 | #6 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #687 of 1,045 | #11 of 18 |
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
553
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+287% since 1990-91, when it was 143
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 553 | 42 | 13.2:1 | 98% (544) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 38.8 | 14.0:1 | 100% (544) |
| 2022-23 | 560 | 39.8 | 14.1:1 | 100% (560) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 40 | 13.9:1 | 51% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 36.1 | 16.9:1 | 39% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 59% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 31 | 18.1:1 | 38% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 443 | 9 | 49.2:1 | 19% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 143 | 7 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (609 to 553); teachers up 16% (36.1 to 42).
About Hamilton Heights Elementary School
Hamilton Heights Elementary School is a public elementary school in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Total enrollment is 553 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 443 students on average.
Chambersburg Area SD operates 17 schools. Combined enrollment is 9,373 students.
Of every 100 students at Hamilton Heights Elementary School, about 65 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 7% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 87%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hamilton Heights Elementary School scores 53%.
There are about 13.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Hamilton Heights Elementary School, which has 42. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 98%. That rate is above the 69% average among public schools in Franklin County.
On the allk12 Grade, Hamilton Heights Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 67% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Hamilton Heights Elementary School beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 18.9 points (54.3% versus 35.4%), a top-10% result in Pennsylvania on BeatsExpectations.
In Franklin County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $77,003 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Franklin County number 41, with about 21,432 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Benjamin Chambers Elementary School, is about 1.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Hamilton Heights Elementary School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Hamilton Heights Elementary School as Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 558 in 2020-21 and 553 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
157,379
Census ACS
Median income
$77,003
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
21,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chambersburg Area SD
- Chambersburg Area SHSHigh · 2,319 students
- Chambersburg Area MS - NorthMiddle · 1,072 students
- Chambersburg Area MS - SouthMiddle · 1,025 students
- Chambersburg Area Career Magnet SchoolHigh · 706 students
- Benjamin Chambers Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Fayetteville Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
Other schools in Chambersburg
- Chambersburg Area SHSHigh · 2,319 students
- Chambersburg Area MS - NorthMiddle · 1,072 students
- Chambersburg Area MS - SouthMiddle · 1,025 students
- Chambersburg Area Career Magnet SchoolHigh · 706 students
- Benjamin Chambers Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Scotland Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
Other Hamilton Heights Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Hamilton Heights Elementary. Hamilton Heights Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Hamilton Heights Elementary SchoolArcadia, IN · 889 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Chambers Elementary School1.2 mi · 583
- Stevens Elementary School2.1 mi · 305
- Chambersburg Area SHS2.5 mi · 2,319
- Buchanan Elementary School2.5 mi · 251
- Chambersburg Area MS - North2.6 mi · 1,072
- Chambersburg Area MS - South3.2 mi · 1,025
Frequently asked questions
About Hamilton Heights Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hamilton Heights Elementary School?
Hamilton Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 553 students in grades KG-05.
Is Hamilton Heights Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hamilton Heights Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Hamilton Heights Elementary School have?
Hamilton Heights Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Hamilton Heights Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hamilton Heights Elementary School are roughly 65% White, 17% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Hamilton Heights Elementary School public or private?
Hamilton Heights Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chambersburg Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.