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Alumni: what's one memory from Hance El Sch that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINE-RICHLAND SD·NCES 420285000312
Hance Elementary School
5518 Molnar Drive, Gibsonia, PA 15044 · (724) 443-1541 · Allegheny County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% 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.
- CBeats 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
16.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
32 students
DISTRICT 8% · 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 | 90 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 27% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Hance Elementary School→Eden Hall Upper Elementary School→Pine-Richland Middle School→Pine-Richland High School
Based on grade levels within Pine-Richland SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
74.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.1% | 74.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 68.7% |
% 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
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Hance Elementary School
Hance Elementary School's state test result (70.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hance Elementary School this school | 406 | 7.9% | 70.9% |
| Gayman Elementary School Doylestown | 390 | 7.7% | 80.3% |
| Central Elementary School Allison Park | 456 | 12.1% | 83.0% |
| Kutz Elementary School Doylestown | 436 | 8.3% | 78.4% |
| Fairview Elementary School Pittsburgh | 387 | 7.8% | 95.7% |
| Gray's Woods Elementary School Port Matilda | 356 | 11.5% | 66.2% |
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 Hance Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #275 of 1,396 | #56 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #201 of 1,511 ▲ 67 | #47 of 141 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #225 of 1,511 ▲ 74 | #50 of 141 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #855 of 1,638 | #59 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,416 of 1,528 | #131 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.5% | #1,159 of 1,531 | #128 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.9% | #1,583 of 1,600 | #147 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #198 of 450 | #31 of 63 |
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
406
+82 (+25%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 406 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 8% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 26.1 | 16.3:1 | 8% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 25.2 | 16.2:1 | 8% (34) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 9% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 24.7 | 15.1:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 24 | 15.5:1 | 9% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 23 | 15.6:1 | 5% (18) |
| 2000-01 | 340 | 22 | 15.4:1 | 2% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 19 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hance Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (373 to 406); teachers up 1% (24.7 to 25).
About Hance Elementary School
Hance Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. The school reports 406 students in kindergarten through 3.
The 6 schools of Pine-Richland SD, including Hance Elementary School, enroll 4,553 students.
White students make up 88% of enrollment at Hance Elementary School. The next largest groups are 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, and 2% Native American. In Allegheny County overall, about 76% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1 at Hance Elementary School, with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 16.3:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 8% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Allegheny County average 54%.
The allk12 Grade for Hance Elementary School is B. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 60% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Hance Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 70.9% and a predicted 74.2%.
County data help place the school in context: in Allegheny County, the median household income is $78,548, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. In all, Allegheny County has 277 public schools and roughly 141,392 students.
Of nearby public schools, Poff Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.5 miles. Hance Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 80.8% proficiency; Hance Elementary School posts 70.9%.
Hance Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 25% from 2020-21, when Hance Elementary School had 324 students, to 2024-25, when it had 406. Students per teacher rose from 13.0 in 2020-21 to 16.3 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pine-Richland SD
- Pine-Richland High SchoolHigh · 1,449 students
- Eden Hall Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- Pine-Richland Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Wexford Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
Other schools in Gibsonia
- Pine-Richland High SchoolHigh · 1,449 students
- Eden Hall Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- Pine-Richland Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Poff Elementary SchoolElementary · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Poff Elementary School1.5 mi · 282
- Richland Elementary School2.0 mi · 470
- Eden Hall Upper Elementary School2.2 mi · 1,076
- Hampton Middle School2.8 mi · 606
- Hampton High School3.1 mi · 865
- Pine-Richland Middle School4.0 mi · 703
Frequently asked questions
About Hance Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hance Elementary School?
Hance Elementary School enrolls approximately 406 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Hance Elementary School serve?
Hance Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hance Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hance Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hance Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hance Elementary School are roughly 88% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Hance Elementary School in?
Hance Elementary School is part of Pine-Richland SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.