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West Creek Hills El Sch
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About West Creek Hills El Sch
West Creek Hills El Sch is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, part of East Pennsboro Area SD, with 587 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so West Creek Hills El Sch sits 33% larger than that benchmark.
East Pennsboro Area SD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,567 students; West Creek Hills El Sch is among them.
In terms of who attends, West Creek Hills El Sch records that White students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 9% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Cumberland County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 57% of students at West Creek Hills El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Cumberland County's rate of about 41%.
With demographic context factored in, West Creek Hills El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.1%; this one delivers 55.9%.
In the broader community, Cumberland County reports that median household income runs about $87,494, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Cumberland County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,044 students), West Creek Hills El Sch is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Eisenhower El Sch, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West Creek Hills El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Creek Hills El Sch at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 46.6%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. West Creek Hills El Sch's enrollment has expanded 23% since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 587). The White share of enrollment contracted from 66% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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