Hanover Green El Sch

Hanover Green El Sch is one of the small elementary campuss in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, operated by Hanover Area SD, with 318 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 2. That puts it 28% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 5 schools in Hanover Area SD (2,204 students total), Hanover Green El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Hanover Green El Sch logs that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 16% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Luzerne County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Hanover Green El Sch has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Luzerne County's rate of about 85%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Luzerne County indicate median household income runs about $63,691, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Luzerne County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,209 students), Hanover Green El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hanover Area JSHS, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 8%: 295 students in 2018 compared to 318 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 44% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Hanover Green El Sch typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.