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What tradition at West Hanover El Sch should never be changed?
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Enrollment
589
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL DAUPHIN SD·NCES 420540001817
West Hanover Elementary School
7740 Manor Dr, Harrisburg, PA 17112 · (717) 657-3210 · Dauphin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
216 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
73.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 73.6% |
| 2023-24 | 68.1% | 67.0% |
% 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 West Hanover Elementary School
West Hanover Elementary School's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Hanover Elementary School this school | 589 | 36.7% | 71.4% |
| Lingle Avenue Elementary School Palmyra | 547 | 33.1% | 82.6% |
| Rydal Elementary School Huntingdon Valley | 569 | 26.7% | 76.4% |
| McKee Elementary School Oakdale | 521 | 39.7% | 77.7% |
| Nitrauer School Lancaster | 468 | 34.4% | 77.4% |
| McKinley School Elkins Park | 596 | 34.9% | 65.5% |
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 West Hanover Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #264 of 1,396 | #6 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #219 of 1,511 ▲ 79 | #5 of 36 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #270 of 1,511 ▲ 114 | #6 of 36 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #281 of 1,638 | #8 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #1,257 of 1,528 | #30 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #439 of 1,531 | #25 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #1,222 of 1,600 | #29 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.5% | #73 of 450 | #1 of 19 |
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
589
+98 (+20%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 354
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 589 | 39.3 | 15.0:1 | 37% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 35.3 | 16.4:1 | 37% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 32.9 | 17.5:1 | 32% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 20% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 29.4 | 16.4:1 | 21% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 20% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 11% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 354 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 5% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 25 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Hanover Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (481 to 589); teachers up 34% (29.4 to 39.3).
About West Hanover Elementary School
West Hanover Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 589 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania enroll around 443, and this school is 33% above that mark.
West Hanover Elementary School reports to Central Dauphin SD, which has 19 schools and 12,389 students.
Of every 100 students at West Hanover Elementary School, about 64 are White. Other reported shares: 14% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 7% multiracial. Among Dauphin County residents, the White share is about 63%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
The school had 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1. The school reported 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 22 points below the 59% average for public schools in Dauphin County.
On the allk12 Grade, West Hanover Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 82% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The model predicts 61.9% for a school in Pennsylvania with West Hanover Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. West Hanover Elementary School posts 71.4%.
In Dauphin County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $76,242, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 75 public schools and about 72,718 students.
The closest school to West Hanover Elementary School is Central Dauphin SHS, located about 2.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. West Hanover Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 71.4% against a local average of 58.4%.
NCES assigns West Hanover Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment rose 20% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The discussion board for West Hanover 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.
Dauphin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
289,593
Census ACS
Median income
$76,242
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
72,718 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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- Central Dauphin SHSHigh · 1,966 students
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- North Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
- Central Dauphin East Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
Other schools in Harrisburg
- Commonwealth Charter Academy CSCombined · 29,320 students
- Reach Cyber CSCombined · 5,721 students
- Central Dauphin SHSHigh · 1,966 students
- Central Dauphin East SHSHigh · 1,573 students
- Harrisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,343 students
- Dauphin County Technical SchoolHigh · 1,187 students
Nearby schools
- Central Dauphin SHS2.1 mi · 1,966
- East Hanover Elementary School3.0 mi · 333
- Paxtonia Elementary School3.4 mi · 682
- Linglestown Elementary School3.7 mi · 475
- South Hanover Elementary School3.8 mi · 371
- Linglestown Middle School3.8 mi · 841
Frequently asked questions
About West Hanover Elementary SchoolHow many students attend West Hanover Elementary School?
West Hanover Elementary School enrolls approximately 589 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does West Hanover Elementary School serve?
West Hanover Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at West Hanover Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at West Hanover Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is West Hanover Elementary School?
West Hanover Elementary School reports a student body of 64% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 14% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is West Hanover Elementary School public or private?
West Hanover Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Dauphin SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.