Hampden El Sch

Hampden El Sch is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Cumberland Valley SD, hosting 538 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% larger than the state mean of about 443.

Cumberland Valley SD runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 10,374 students. Hampden El Sch is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hampden El Sch reports that White students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 24% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Hampden El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Hampden El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.9%, the actual is 71.2%, a residual of +6.3 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cumberland County put median household earnings sit near $87,494, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Hampden El Sch is one of 57 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 33,044 students).

Sporting Hill El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hampden El Sch at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 64.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hampden El Sch's enrollment has edged down 28% since 2018, when it stood at 745 (now 538). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 3% to 7% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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