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Enrollment
2,319
High
DISTRICT 1,513 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAMBERSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420555002191
Chambersburg Area SHS
511 S 6th St, Chambersburg, PA 17201 · (717) 261-3328 · Franklin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,319 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
133 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
1,401 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 626 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 490 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 584 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 619 | 27% |
Student demographics
62%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
59.1%
PA avg 51.1% . +9.3pp since 2023
Math
40.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.1% | 40.7% |
| 2023-24 | 49.8% | 34.6% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 SHS
Chambersburg Area SHS's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chambersburg Area SHS this school | 2,319 | 60.4% | 45.1% |
| Freedom High School Bethlehem | 1,792 | 53.2% | 41.1% |
| York County School of Technology York | 1,615 | 52.1% | 34.8% |
| Penn Manor High School Millersville | 1,807 | 49.6% | 68.8% |
| William Tennent High School Warminster | 1,710 | 48.8% | 49.0% |
| Conestoga Valley SHS Lancaster | 1,304 | 46.6% | 59.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #376 of 576 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #293 of 626 ▲ 53 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #315 of 626 ▲ 143 | #3 of 7 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,319 | #23 of 713 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #546 of 601 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #75 of 604 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #281 of 619 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.8% | #88 of 221 | #1 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,319
+137 (+6%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 1,859
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 2,319 | 132.6 | 17.5:1 | 60% (1,401) |
| 2023-24 | 2,324 | 129.6 | 17.9:1 | 60% (1,401) |
| 2022-23 | 2,348 | 129.1 | 18.2:1 | 60% (1,414) |
| 2020-21 | 2,182 | 118 | 18.5:1 | 55% (1,210) |
| 2017-18 | 2,112 | 131.1 | 16.1:1 | 39% (826) |
| 2015-16 | 2,131 | 125 | 17.1:1 | 51% (1,091) |
| 2010-11 | 1,698 | 111 | 15.3:1 | 30% (503) |
| 2000-01 | 1,750 | 98 | 17.9:1 | 8% (148) |
| 1990-91 | 1,859 | 104 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chambersburg Area SHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (2,112 to 2,319); teachers up 1% (131.1 to 132.6).
About Chambersburg Area SHS
Chambersburg Area SHS is a large high school in Pennsylvania, located in Chambersburg. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 2,319 students. The average among high schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 738 students; this school is 214% above that.
Chambersburg Area SHS is run by Chambersburg Area SD, whose 17 schools enroll 9,373 students.
Chambersburg Area SHS's enrollment is 53% White. The remaining shares are 29% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Franklin County's population at about 87%. By the diversity index, Chambersburg Area SHS comes in at 62%.
Federal data list 132.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Chambersburg Area SHS in 2024-25, for a ratio of 17.5:1. Among high schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. The lunch program counts 60% of students at Chambersburg Area SHS as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 69% average for public schools in Franklin County.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, Chambersburg Area SHS receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 51.7% at Chambersburg Area SHS; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 45.1%.
Among Franklin County residents, median household income is about $77,003, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Chambersburg Area SHS is one of 41 public schools in Franklin County, which together enroll about 21,432 students.
The closest public school to Chambersburg Area SHS is Buchanan Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Chambersburg Area SHS, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Chambersburg Area SHS ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Chambersburg Area SHS's location as City: Small.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 2,319 was 6% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 2,182. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 18.5:1 to 17.5:1.
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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 MS - NorthMiddle · 1,072 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 MS - NorthMiddle · 1,072 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 School0.3 mi · 251
- Chambersburg Area MS - South0.7 mi · 1,025
- Stevens Elementary School0.9 mi · 305
- Benjamin Chambers Elementary School1.3 mi · 583
- Falling Spring Elementary School1.8 mi · 256
- Chambersburg Area MS - North2.1 mi · 1,072
Frequently asked questions
About Chambersburg Area SHSWhat is the total enrollment at Chambersburg Area SHS?
Chambersburg Area SHS enrolls approximately 2,319 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Chambersburg Area SHS serve?
Chambersburg Area SHS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Chambersburg Area SHS?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Chambersburg Area SHS.
How diverse is Chambersburg Area SHS?
Chambersburg Area SHS reports a student body of 53% White, 29% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Chambersburg Area SHS public or private?
Chambersburg Area SHS 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.