Hershey Early Childhood Ctr
Hershey, PA · Elementary School
Hershey Early Childhood Ctr is a elementary school in Hershey, PA with 416 students enrolled and a 62% proficiency rate. Part of Derry Township SD. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
Get Hershey Early Childhood Ctr's new scores when they post
We'll email you the moment Hershey Early Childhood Ctr changes. No spam — only real updates.
About This School
Hershey Early Childhood Ctr is a elementary school located in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The school serves 416 students. The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 62% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
17% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Hershey Early Childhood Ctr is part of the Derry Township SD in Pennsylvania.
How This School Compares
Hershey Early Childhood Ctr has 416 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Derry Township SD (630 students). Its 62% proficiency rate is 2 percentage points below the district average of 64%. Compared to the Pennsylvania state average of 46%, the school performs 16 points higher. With a 11.6:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hershey Early Childhood Ctr has 416 students enrolled. The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1.
According to EDFacts data, 62% of students at Hershey Early Childhood Ctr meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Hershey Early Childhood Ctr is part of the Derry Township SD in Hershey, Pennsylvania. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.