Benjamin Chambers El Sch

Benjamin Chambers El Sch is a medium-sized elementary-level community in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Chambersburg Area SD. The school instructs 583 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 32% larger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Within Chambersburg Area SD, which oversees 17 schools and 9,373 students, Benjamin Chambers El Sch is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Benjamin Chambers El Sch logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 27% White, 15% Black, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Franklin County's rate of about 69%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Benjamin Chambers El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.1%, the actual is 39.4%, a residual of +3.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Franklin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,003 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Franklin County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,432 students), Benjamin Chambers El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Stevens El Sch, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Benjamin Chambers El Sch at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 630 students in 2018 compared to 583 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.