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Enrollment
749
Elementary
DISTRICT 719 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTMONT HILLTOP SD·NCES 422613001290
Westmont Hilltop Elementary School
827 Diamond Blvd, Johnstown, PA 15905 · (814) 255-8707 · Cambria County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL749 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% 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.
- 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
13.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
370 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (105).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Westmont Hilltop Elementary School→Westmont Hilltop JSHS
Based on grade levels within Westmont Hilltop SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
68.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.9% | 68.3% |
| 2023-24 | 67.9% | 54.3% |
% 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
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Westmont Hilltop Elementary School
Westmont Hilltop Elementary School's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmont Hilltop Elementary School this school | 749 | 49.4% | 65.3% |
| Bear Creek School Elizabethtown | 750 | 47.9% | 62.9% |
| Susquenita Elementary School Duncannon | 646 | 54.0% | 44.4% |
| Larry J. Macaluso Elementary School Red Lion | 631 | 44.7% | 50.1% |
| Spring Grove Elementary School Spring Grove | 724 | 42.3% | 68.7% |
| Hillview Elementary School Grove City | 768 | 43.8% | 65.6% |
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 Westmont Hilltop Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cambria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #441 of 1,396 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #309 of 1,511 ▲ 320 | #2 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #376 of 1,511 ▲ 12 | #1 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 749 | #104 of 1,638 | #4 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,019 of 1,528 | #8 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #859 of 1,531 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #1,014 of 1,600 | #11 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #322 of 450 | N/A |
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
749
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 749 | 54.3 | 13.8:1 | 49% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 50.2 | 14.7:1 | 50% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 50.6 | 14.6:1 | 47% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 740 | 46 | 16.1:1 | 40% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 718 | 47.6 | 15.1:1 | 36% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 32% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 632 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 28% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 550 | 30 | 18.3:1 | 15% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 612 | 31 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westmont Hilltop Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (718 to 749); teachers up 14% (47.6 to 54.3).
About Westmont Hilltop Elementary School
Westmont Hilltop Elementary School is a large elementary school with an address in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. A total of 749 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students, so this school is 69% larger than average.
Westmont Hilltop SD (2 schools, 1,438 students) runs Westmont Hilltop Elementary School.
Roughly 79% of students at Westmont Hilltop Elementary School are White. The rest of enrollment is 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 5% Black. Among all residents of Cambria County, the White share is about 91%. Westmont Hilltop Elementary School's diversity index is 36%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 54.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. On average, elementary schools in Pennsylvania have 13.1:1, compared with 13.8:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Westmont Hilltop Elementary School is 49%. The gap from the 73% average for public schools in Cambria County is 24 points.
Westmont Hilltop Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 72% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Westmont Hilltop Elementary School is 8.8 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 65.3% actual, 56.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cambria County show that the median household income is $58,418, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Besides Westmont Hilltop Elementary School, Cambria County has 36 other public schools.
Ferndale Elementary School is the public school closest to Westmont Hilltop Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Westmont Hilltop Elementary School is 1st of 5 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 740 in 2020-21 and 749 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2020-21 to 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Cambria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,538
Census ACS
Median income
$58,418
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
15,789 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Johnstown
- Greater Johnstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,133 students
- Greater Johnstown SHSHigh · 917 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolElementary · 831 students
- Richland High SchoolHigh · 693 students
- Westmont Hilltop JSHSHigh · 689 students
- Greater Johnstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
Nearby schools
- Ferndale Elementary School0.5 mi · 325
- Greater Johnstown Elementary School1.2 mi · 1,133
- Greater Johnstown Middle School1.6 mi · 615
- Greater Johnstown SHS1.8 mi · 917
- Greater Johnstown School District's Cyber Academy2.0 mi · 140
- Westmont Hilltop JSHS2.1 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About Westmont Hilltop Elementary SchoolHow large is Westmont Hilltop Elementary School?
Westmont Hilltop Elementary School enrolls approximately 749 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Westmont Hilltop Elementary School serve?
Westmont Hilltop Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Westmont Hilltop Elementary School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Westmont Hilltop Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westmont Hilltop Elementary School?
At Westmont Hilltop Elementary School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Westmont Hilltop Elementary School public or private?
Westmont Hilltop Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Westmont Hilltop SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.