Hamilton Heights El Sch

Hamilton Heights El Sch operates as a mid-tier primary school in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Chambersburg Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 553 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 25% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 17 schools in Chambersburg Area SD (9,373 students total), Hamilton Heights El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Hamilton Heights El Sch lists that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hamilton Heights El Sch logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Hamilton Heights El Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 35.4%; Hamilton Heights El Sch posts 54.3%, +18.9 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Franklin County) shows that median household earnings sit near $77,003, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hamilton Heights El Sch is one of 41 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 21,432 students).

Nearest neighbor: Benjamin Chambers El Sch, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hamilton Heights El Sch. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hamilton Heights El Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 45.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 609 students in 2018 compared to 553 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 70% to 65%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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