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What's the most underrated thing about Chambersburg Area MS - North that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,072
Middle
DISTRICT 1,049 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAMBERSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420555002190
Chambersburg Area MS - North
1957 Scotland Ave, Chambersburg, PA 17201 · (717) 261-3369 · Franklin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,072 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- BTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
668 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 356 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 360 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 356 | 33% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
33.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.1% | 33.8% |
| 2023-24 | 64.1% | 30.7% |
% 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Chambersburg Area MS - North
Chambersburg Area MS - North's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chambersburg Area MS - North this school | 1,072 | 62.3% | 49.8% |
| Lengel Middle School Pottsville | 720 | 63.2% | 38.3% |
| Hanover Middle School Hanover | 636 | 66.2% | 41.3% |
| East Hills Middle School Bethlehem | 966 | 52.7% | 36.2% |
| Gerald G Huesken Middle School Lancaster | 851 | 55.3% | 46.0% |
| Chambersburg Area MS - South Chambersburg | 1,025 | 74.2% | 45.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle 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 Chambersburg Area MS - North ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #216 of 479 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #286 of 513 ▲ 43 | #2 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #140 of 513 ▲ 14 | #1 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,072 | #38 of 522 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #472 of 486 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #96 of 486 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.3% | #192 of 510 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #317 of 332 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,072
-32 (-3%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 933
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 1,072 | 60.9 | 17.6:1 | 62% (668) |
| 2023-24 | 1,050 | 63.4 | 16.6:1 | 64% (668) |
| 2022-23 | 1,045 | 63.4 | 16.5:1 | 63% (660) |
| 2020-21 | 1,104 | 63 | 17.5:1 | 59% (654) |
| 2017-18 | 1,082 | 61.6 | 17.6:1 | 47% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 971 | 64 | 15.2:1 | 54% (522) |
| 2010-11 | 1,317 | 78 | 16.9:1 | 39% (508) |
| 2000-01 | 1,273 | 79 | 16.1:1 | 17% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 933 | 60 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chambersburg Area MS - North.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,082 to 1,072); teachers down 1% (61.6 to 60.9).
About Chambersburg Area MS - North
Located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Chambersburg Area MS - North is a large middle school. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,072 students. The school is 80% larger than the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Within Chambersburg Area SD, Chambersburg Area MS - North is one of 17 schools. The district enrolls 9,373 students.
About 59% of the student body at Chambersburg Area MS - North is White. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Franklin County, the White share is about 87%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 60.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.6:1. The average for middle schools in Pennsylvania, 13.2:1, is lower. Of all students at Chambersburg Area MS - North, 62% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Chambersburg Area MS - North earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 65% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 50.9% at Chambersburg Area MS - North; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.8%.
For the population of Franklin County, the median household earns about $77,003 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Franklin County, 41 public schools serve about 21,432 students.
Chambersburg Area MS - North is about 1.8 miles from Buchanan Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Chambersburg Area MS - North ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 3%.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Chambersburg Area MS - North. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
157,379
Census ACS
Median income
$77,003
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
21,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chambersburg Area SD
- Chambersburg Area SHSHigh · 2,319 students
- Chambersburg Area MS - SouthMiddle · 1,025 students
- Chambersburg Area Career Magnet SchoolHigh · 706 students
- Benjamin Chambers Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Hamilton Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
- Fayetteville Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
Other schools in Chambersburg
- Chambersburg Area SHSHigh · 2,319 students
- Chambersburg Area MS - SouthMiddle · 1,025 students
- Chambersburg Area Career Magnet SchoolHigh · 706 students
- Benjamin Chambers Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Hamilton Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
- Scotland Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
Nearby schools
- Buchanan Elementary School1.8 mi · 251
- Benjamin Chambers Elementary School1.9 mi · 583
- Chambersburg Area SHS2.1 mi · 2,319
- Chambersburg Area MS - South2.2 mi · 1,025
- Hamilton Heights Elementary School2.6 mi · 553
- Stevens Elementary School2.6 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Chambersburg Area MS - NorthHow many students attend Chambersburg Area MS - North?
Chambersburg Area MS - North enrolls approximately 1,072 students in grades 06-08.
Is Chambersburg Area MS - North an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chambersburg Area MS - North is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Chambersburg Area MS - North?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Chambersburg Area MS - North.
What is the student diversity at Chambersburg Area MS - North?
Student demographics at Chambersburg Area MS - North are roughly 59% White, 23% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Chambersburg Area MS - North public or private?
Chambersburg Area MS - North is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chambersburg Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.