Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 237 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANOVER PUBLIC SD·NCES 421145004566
Hanover Street Elementary School
101 East Hanover Street, Hanover, PA 17331 · (717) 637-9000 · York County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
196 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 56 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 25% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 15% smaller than its 4th grade class (66).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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 Street Elementary School→Hanover Middle School
Based on grade levels within Hanover Public SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
54.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.5% | 54.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.5% | 63.5% |
% 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Street Elementary School
Hanover Street Elementary School's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Street Elementary School this school | 269 | 72.9% | 62.7% |
| Quakertown Elementary School Quakertown | 265 | 65.7% | 49.0% |
| Leola Elementary School Lancaster | 287 | 72.8% | 42.2% |
| Lee Park Elementary School Hanover Township | 322 | 71.4% | 39.6% |
| Akron Elementary School Akron | 276 | 69.9% | 61.7% |
| Hanover Green Elementary School Hanover Township | 318 | 76.4% | N/A |
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 Hanover Street Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #503 of 1,396 | #19 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #668 of 1,511 ▼ 271 | #29 of 62 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #602 of 1,511 ▼ 94 | #24 of 62 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #1,349 of 1,638 | #54 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #808 of 1,528 | #28 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #339 of 1,531 | #14 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.9% | #723 of 1,600 | #16 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #292 of 1,045 | #7 of 42 |
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
269
-21 (-7%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 321
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 269 | 20.4 | 13.2:1 | 73% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 20.3 | 11.8:1 | 82% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 21.1 | 11.9:1 | 80% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 290 | 20 | 14.5:1 | 74% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 21.6 | 15.6:1 | 81% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 306 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 77% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 245 | 17 | 14.4:1 | 61% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 292 | 18 | 16.2:1 | 24% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 321 | 18 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hanover Street Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (336 to 269); teachers down 5% (21.6 to 20.4).
About Hanover Street Elementary School
Hanover Street Elementary School is the name of a small elementary school in Hanover, Pennsylvania. The school counted 269 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 4. The school is 39% below the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Hanover Public SD includes 5 schools. Together they enroll 1,926 students.
The share of White students at Hanover Street Elementary School is 57%, a majority. Smaller groups are 26% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of York County is roughly 81% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
Hanover Street Elementary School has 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.2:1. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 73%. That rate is above the 53% average among public schools in York County.
On the allk12 Grade, Hanover Street Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 78% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Hanover Street Elementary School, the prediction is 46.4% and the result is 62.7%.
In York County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $84,829 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in York County number 111, with about 64,242 students.
Among nearby public schools, Park Hills Elementary School is closest at about 0.7 miles. Hanover Street Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 62.7% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% drop, from 290 to 269. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.5:1 in 2020-21 to 13.2:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Hanover Street Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Hanover Public SD
- Hanover Middle SchoolMiddle · 636 students
- Hanover SHSHigh · 578 students
- Clearview Elementary SchoolElementary · 230 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 213 students
Other schools in Hanover
- South Western SHSHigh · 1,380 students
- Emory H Markle Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,046 students
- Hanover Middle SchoolMiddle · 636 students
- Baresville Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
- Hanover SHSHigh · 578 students
- Park Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
Nearby schools
- Park Hills Elementary School0.7 mi · 572
- Baresville Elementary School0.8 mi · 586
- South Western SHS1.2 mi · 1,380
- Emory H Markle Middle School1.2 mi · 1,046
- Clearview Elementary School1.3 mi · 230
- Washington Elementary School1.3 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Hanover Street Elementary SchoolHow large is Hanover Street Elementary School?
Hanover Street Elementary School enrolls approximately 269 students in grades KG-04.
Is Hanover Street Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hanover Street Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Hanover Street Elementary School have?
Hanover Street Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Hanover Street Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hanover Street Elementary School are roughly 57% White, 26% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Hanover Street Elementary School public or private?
Hanover Street Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hanover Public SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.