Hancock El Sch

Located at Arch & Summit Streets, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Hancock El Sch is a small elementary campus that caters to 347 students (grades 1 through 4), part of Norristown Area SD. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 12 schools in Norristown Area SD (7,617 students total), Hancock El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Hancock El Sch lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 37% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% White. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 7% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 102% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Hancock El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.4%.

In the area at large, Montgomery County reports that median household income runs about $113,915, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,302 students), of which Hancock El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Eisenhower MS, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hancock El Sch comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.5%.

Hancock El Sch operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 391 students in 2018 compared to 347 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 33% to 45% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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