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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND VALLEY SD·NCES 420711005020
Hampden Elementary School
441 Skyport Rd, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050 · (717) 737-4513 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
159 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
63.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.3pp since 2023
Math
67.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.1% | 67.3% |
| 2023-24 | 77.4% | 66.7% |
% 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
71.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Hampden Elementary School
Hampden Elementary School's state test result (71.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden Elementary School this school | 538 | 29.6% | 71.2% |
| East Ward Elementary School Downingtown | 549 | 30.4% | 72.6% |
| Walton Farm Elementary School Lansdale | 566 | 33.9% | 70.6% |
| Bridle Path Elementary School Lansdale | 508 | 22.8% | 71.3% |
| Gwyn-Nor Elementary School North Wales | 663 | 32.4% | 61.8% |
| Gwynedd Square Elementary School Lansdale | 610 | 19.2% | 74.5% |
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 Hampden Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #271 of 1,396 | #4 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #338 of 1,511 ▼ 33 | #5 of 34 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #356 of 1,511 ▼ 187 | #8 of 34 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #416 of 1,638 | #8 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #1,319 of 1,528 | #29 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #350 of 1,531 | #12 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #1,332 of 1,600 | #32 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #139 of 1,045 | #2 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
538
+61 (+13%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 538 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 30% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 36.8 | 14.6:1 | 30% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 33.7 | 15.7:1 | 27% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 16% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 745 | 36.7 | 20.3:1 | 16% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 763 | 38 | 20.1:1 | 10% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 35 | 18.2:1 | 7% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 33 | 16.5:1 | 1% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 29 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hampden Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (745 to 538); teachers down 5% (36.7 to 35).
About Hampden Elementary School
Hampden Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The school counts 538 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students.
Hampden Elementary School is in Cumberland Valley SD, a district with 10,374 students across 11 schools.
White students are the majority at Hampden Elementary School, with 59% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 24% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Cumberland County, the White share is about 82%. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Hampden Elementary School's 35 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.4:1. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 15.4:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 30%. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Cumberland County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Hampden Elementary School is A-. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 76% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Hampden Elementary School's results are 6.3 points above predicted: 71.2% against 64.9%.
Cumberland County has about 268,323 residents, and the median household income is $87,494, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Besides Hampden Elementary School, Cumberland County has 56 other public schools.
Sporting Hill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Hampden Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Hampden Elementary School's average proficiency of 71.2% compares with 64.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES assigns Hampden Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Hampden Elementary School's enrollment grew 13%, to 538.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Hampden Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Cumberland Valley SD
- Cumberland Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,163 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,403 students
- Eagle View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Winding Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,055 students
- Shaull Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
- Sporting Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
Other schools in Mechanicsburg
- Cumberland Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,163 students
- Mechanicsburg Area SHSHigh · 1,412 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,403 students
- Mechanicsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- Eagle View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Winding Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,055 students
Nearby schools
- Sporting Hill Elementary School1.3 mi · 580
- Mountain View Middle School1.8 mi · 1,403
- Winding Creek Elementary School2.1 mi · 1,055
- Northside Elementary School2.5 mi · 221
- Cumberland Perry Area Career & Technical Center2.8 mi · 28
- Shaull Elementary School2.8 mi · 591
Frequently asked questions
About Hampden Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hampden Elementary School?
Hampden Elementary School enrolls approximately 538 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Hampden Elementary School serve?
Hampden Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hampden Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hampden Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hampden Elementary School?
At Hampden Elementary School, the student body is approximately 59% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 24% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Hampden Elementary School public or private?
Hampden Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cumberland Valley SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.