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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 1

Hershey Early Childhood Ctr, Hershey, PA

Hershey Early Childhood Ctr is a public elementary school in Hershey, part of Derry Township SD. It enrolled 420 students in 2024-25, with 11.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
420
Teachers (FTE)
36.0
Students per teacher
11.7
Grades
K to 1

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 12.3. The Pennsylvania average across schools is 13.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.7
District12.3
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
450-Rear Homestead Road, Hershey, PA 17033
Phone
(717)531-2211
District
Derry Township SD
County
Dauphin County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
420759000667
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
113
Reduced-price lunch
13
Free or reduced-price lunch
12630.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Derry Township SD

Elementary schools elsewhere in Hershey

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.