Westmont Hilltop El Sch

Westmont Hilltop El Sch is one of the expansive elementary campuss in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, run under Westmont Hilltop SD, with 749 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. That puts it 69% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Westmont Hilltop SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,438 students. Westmont Hilltop El Sch is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Westmont Hilltop El Sch logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Cambria County's rate of about 73%.

With demographic context factored in, Westmont Hilltop El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.4%; this one delivers 65.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Cambria County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,418 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cambria County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,789 students), Westmont Hilltop El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ferndale El Sch, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Westmont Hilltop El Sch comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 22.7%.

Westmont Hilltop El Sch operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 718 students in 2018 compared to 749 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 79% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.