Enrollment
319
Middle
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANOVER AREA SD·NCES 421142007205
Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School
80 W Saint Marys Rd, Hanover Township, PA 18706 · (570) 822-5102 · Luzerne County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
254 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 5 | 158 | 50% |
| Grade 6 | 159 | 50% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School→Hanover Area JSHS
Feeds from
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.3%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
30.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.3% | 30.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.6% | 24.7% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School
Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School this school | 319 | 79.6% | 33.9% |
| Scott Middle School Coatesville | 421 | 82.2% | 28.2% |
| Bristol Middle School Bristol | 187 | 71.7% | 30.0% |
| Allen Middle School Camp Hill | 272 | 75.4% | 52.3% |
| Curtin Intrmd School Williamsport | 525 | 79.8% | 32.5% |
| New Cumberland Middle School New Cumberland | 389 | 65.6% | 43.6% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Luzerne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #394 of 479 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #326 of 513 ▲ 62 | #4 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #384 of 513 ▲ 39 | #5 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #418 of 522 | #11 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #390 of 486 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #47 of 486 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #167 of 510 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #29 of 332 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
319
-62 (-16%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 341
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 319 | 21.6 | 14.8:1 | 80% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 21.6 | 15.3:1 | 77% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 20.2 | 15.3:1 | 99% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 27 | 14.1:1 | 99% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 26.1 | 16.9:1 | 100% (442) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 26 | 18.5:1 | 100% (482) |
| 2010-11 | 298 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 55% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 21 | 15.6:1 | 53% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 341 | 17 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (442 to 319); teachers down 17% (26.1 to 21.6).
About Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School
Located in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School is a small middle school. Enrollment totals 319 students across grades 5 through 6. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 594.
Hanover Area SD includes 5 schools. Together they enroll 2,204 students.
About 49% of students at Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 18% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Luzerne County, the White share is about 76%. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 14.8:1 is based on 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 80% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Pennsylvania public middle schools, Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School outscored 25%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School is 43.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.9%.
For the population of Luzerne County, the median household earns about $63,691 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School shares Luzerne County with 64 other public schools.
Lee Park Elementary School is the nearest public school to Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 319, down from 381 in 2020-21.
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Luzerne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
327,675
Census ACS
Median income
$63,691
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
45,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hanover Area SD
- Hanover Area JSHSHigh · 977 students
- Lee Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Hanover Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Lyndwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
Other schools in Hanover Township
- Hanover Area JSHSHigh · 977 students
- Lee Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Hanover Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Lyndwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
Nearby schools
- Lee Park Elementary School0.4 mi · 322
- Lyndwood Elementary School0.8 mi · 268
- Dr David W Kistler Elementary School1.1 mi · 961
- Wolfpack Early Learning Academy1.5 mi · 101
- Hanover Green Elementary School1.5 mi · 318
- Hanover Area JSHS1.7 mi · 977
Frequently asked questions
About Hanover Area Memorial Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School?
Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades 05-06.
Is Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School have?
Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
How diverse is Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School?
Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School reports a student body of 49% White, 29% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School public or private?
Hanover Area Memorial Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hanover Area SD.
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