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How has Hannah Penn changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
674
Elementary
DISTRICT 578 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORK CITY SD·NCES 422682007492
Hannah Penn
415 E Boundary Ave, York, PA 17403 · (717) 849-1256 · York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.3:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
662 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 21% larger than its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Hannah Penn→William Penn SHS
Based on grade levels within York City SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
11.1%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
3.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.1% | 3.8% |
| 2023-24 | 10.9% | 4.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hannah Penn
Hannah Penn's state test result (8.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Penn this school | 674 | 98.2% | 8.3% |
| Goode School York | 641 | 96.1% | 12.3% |
| Carnell Laura H School Philadelphia | 639 | 99.7% | 14.2% |
| McKinley School York | 578 | 97.9% | 17.6% |
| Davis School York | 530 | 98.9% | 11.8% |
| Foose School Harrisburg | 522 | 97.9% | 11.3% |
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 Hannah Penn ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #1,391 of 1,396 | #62 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.8% | #1,499 of 1,511 ▼ 30 | #62 of 62 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #1,481 of 1,511 ▲ 15 | #61 of 62 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #165 of 1,638 | #3 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #266 of 1,528 | #9 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #374 of 1,531 | #17 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #448 of 1,600 | #7 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.0% | #57 of 450 | #2 of 18 |
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
674
+24 (+4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 674 | 59.6 | 11.3:1 | 98% (662) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 53.5 | 12.4:1 | 100% (662) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 52.6 | 12.9:1 | 100% (679) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 48 | 13.5:1 | 82% (532) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 44.3 | 12.2:1 | 74% (401) |
| 2015-16 | 779 | 43 | 18.1:1 | 100% (779) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hannah Penn.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (539 to 674); teachers up 35% (44.3 to 59.6).
About Hannah Penn
Located in York, Pennsylvania, Hannah Penn is a large elementary school. It educates 674 students in pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 52% larger than the 443 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
The York City SD system has 9 schools and 6,306 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Hannah Penn, at 49%. The rest of enrollment is 42% Black, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of York County, the Hispanic share is about 10%. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 59.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.3:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 98%. Across public schools in York County, the average is 53%.
allk12 grades Hannah Penn an F. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 35.5%. Hannah Penn posts 8.3%, 27.1 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
York County has these Census figures: the median household income is $84,829, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. York County is home to 111 public schools and about 64,242 public school students.
Nearby, Crispus Attucks CS is about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Hannah Penn, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Hannah Penn ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
Hannah Penn has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Enrollment at Hannah Penn climbed 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 650 to 674 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.5:1 to 11.3:1.
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York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in York City SD
- William Penn SHSHigh · 1,681 students
- Devers SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Goode SchoolElementary · 641 students
- Ferguson SchoolElementary · 627 students
- McKinley SchoolElementary · 578 students
- Davis SchoolElementary · 530 students
Other schools in York
- Central York High SchoolHigh · 1,756 students
- William Penn SHSHigh · 1,681 students
- York County School of TechnologyHigh · 1,615 students
- Dallastown Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,519 students
- York Academy Regional CSCombined · 1,058 students
- York Suburban SHSHigh · 859 students
Nearby schools
- Crispus Attucks CS0.4 mi · 78
- Jackson School0.4 mi · 501
- William Penn SHS0.7 mi · 1,681
- Goode School0.7 mi · 641
- McKinley School0.8 mi · 578
- York Academy Regional CS0.9 mi · 1,058
Frequently asked questions
About Hannah PennHow large is Hannah Penn?
Hannah Penn enrolls approximately 674 students in grades PK-08.
Is Hannah Penn an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hannah Penn is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Hannah Penn have?
Hannah Penn employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hannah Penn?
At Hannah Penn, the student body is approximately 5% White, 49% Hispanic, 42% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Hannah Penn public or private?
Hannah Penn is a public K-12 school, overseen by York City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.