Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 357 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STROUDSBURG AREA SD·NCES 422286007571
Hamilton Twp Elementary School
HCR Box, Sciota, PA 18354 · (570) 992-4960 · Monroe County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- B-Beats 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
11.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
124 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 | 68 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 11% larger than its 4th grade class (61).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Hamilton Twp Elementary School→Stroudsburg Middle School→Stroudsburg Junior High School→Stroudsburg High School
Based on grade levels within Stroudsburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.2%
PA avg 51.1% . +13.5pp since 2023
Math
67.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.2% | 67.8% |
| 2023-24 | 48.7% | 57.4% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Twp Elementary School
Hamilton Twp Elementary School's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Twp Elementary School this school | 305 | 40.7% | 63.3% |
| Nye Elementary School Hummelstown | 317 | 39.4% | 58.1% |
| Penn Bernville Elementary School Bernville | 302 | 41.1% | 50.8% |
| Honey Brook El Center Honey Brook | 289 | 42.9% | 62.8% |
| Letort Elementary School Washington Boro | 325 | 36.0% | 78.1% |
| Coebourn Elementary School Brookhaven | 319 | 44.8% | 51.8% |
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 Twp Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #485 of 1,396 | #1 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #324 of 1,511 ▲ 227 | #1 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #373 of 1,511 ▲ 573 | #1 of 13 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #1,230 of 1,638 | #13 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #392 of 1,528 | #12 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.1% | #828 of 1,531 | #15 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.7% | #1,148 of 1,600 | #12 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #426 of 1,045 | #8 of 13 |
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
305
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 305 | 25.8 | 11.8:1 | 41% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 25.8 | 11.3:1 | 43% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 25.8 | 11.5:1 | 38% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 34% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 26.8 | 13.5:1 | 37% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 29 | 12.7:1 | 36% (133) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton Twp Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (361 to 305); teachers down 4% (26.8 to 25.8).
About Hamilton Twp Elementary School
Hamilton Twp Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Sciota, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 305 students, from kindergarten through 4. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443, so this school runs 31% smaller than that.
Stroudsburg Area SD includes 7 schools. Together they enroll 4,361 students.
White students make up a majority at Hamilton Twp Elementary School, at 78%. Smaller groups are 12% Hispanic and 8% Black. For comparison, the population of Monroe County is roughly 64% White. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Hamilton Twp Elementary School employs 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.8:1. This ratio sits 1.2 below the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 41% in 2024-25. That rate is below the 74% average among public schools in Monroe County.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Hamilton Twp Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hamilton Twp Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 63.3% actual against 60.2% predicted.
Hamilton Twp Elementary School is located in Monroe County, where the median household income is $83,565, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Hamilton Twp Elementary School is one of 29 public schools in the county.
Pen Argyl Area High School is located about 4.2 miles from Hamilton Twp Elementary School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Hamilton Twp Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Hamilton Twp Elementary School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 308 in 2020-21 and 305 in 2024-25.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,515
Census ACS
Median income
$83,565
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
20,752 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stroudsburg Area SD
- Stroudsburg High SchoolHigh · 1,196 students
- Stroudsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,015 students
- Stroudsburg Junior High SchoolHigh · 721 students
- Chipperfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 681 students
- B F Morey Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
- Arlington Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 215 students
Nearby schools
- Pen Argyl Area High School4.2 mi · 475
- Pleasant Valley High School4.8 mi · 1,276
- Pleasant Valley Middle School5.1 mi · 908
- Wind Gap Middle School5.7 mi · 510
- Stroudsburg Middle School6.7 mi · 1,015
- Arlington Heights Elementary School6.9 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About Hamilton Twp Elementary SchoolHow large is Hamilton Twp Elementary School?
Hamilton Twp Elementary School enrolls approximately 305 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Hamilton Twp Elementary School serve?
Hamilton Twp Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hamilton Twp Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hamilton Twp Elementary School is approximately 11.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hamilton Twp Elementary School?
Hamilton Twp Elementary School reports a student body of 78% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Hamilton Twp Elementary School in?
Hamilton Twp Elementary School is part of Stroudsburg Area SD.
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