Enrollment
256
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAMBERSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420555004825
Falling Spring Elementary School
1006 Falling Spring Rd, Chambersburg, PA 17202 · (717) 261-3440 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
242 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
54%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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
52.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.5% | 57.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Falling Spring Elementary School
Falling Spring Elementary School's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falling Spring Elementary School this school | 256 | 94.5% | 57.8% |
| South Hamilton Elementary School Chambersburg | 275 | 97.1% | 60.8% |
| Weigelstown Elementary School Dover | 323 | 97.8% | 57.3% |
| Priestley School Northumberland | 250 | 98.0% | N/A |
| New Franklin Elementary School Chambersburg | 206 | 97.1% | 57.7% |
| Clearview Elementary School Hanover | 230 | 84.8% | 56.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Falling Spring Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #656 of 1,396 | #9 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #741 of 1,511 ▼ 176 | #11 of 24 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #647 of 1,511 ▲ 50 | #8 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #1,386 of 1,638 | #17 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,419 of 1,528 | #18 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #472 of 1,531 | #6 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #585 of 1,600 | #15 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #840 of 1,045 | #15 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
256
+4 (+2%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 301
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 256 | 15.7 | 16.3:1 | 95% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 15.2 | 15.9:1 | 99% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 14.6 | 19.4:1 | 55% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | 14 | 18.0:1 | 46% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 15.6 | 17.3:1 | 40% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 14 | 20.6:1 | 42% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | 15 | 20.5:1 | 28% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 263 | 14 | 18.8:1 | 11% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 301 | 13 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Falling Spring Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (270 to 256); teachers up 1% (15.6 to 15.7).
About Falling Spring Elementary School
Falling Spring Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Chambersburg Area SD in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. It had 256 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Federal data list 17 schools in Chambersburg Area SD, with 9,373 students enrolled.
The student body at Falling Spring Elementary School is 65% White. The rest of enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Franklin County, the White share is about 87%. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Falling Spring Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Falling Spring Elementary School is 16.3:1, based on 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1. Lunch program data show 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Franklin County average 69%.
Among Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Falling Spring Elementary School outscored 73%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Falling Spring Elementary School scores 20.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 57.8% actual versus 37.1% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Franklin County, the median household earns about $77,003 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Falling Spring Elementary School shares Franklin County with 40 other public schools.
Chambersburg Area MS - South sits about 1.1 miles from Falling Spring Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 57.8% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.
Federal data place Falling Spring Elementary School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 256, close to the 252 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 16.3 students per teacher, compared with 18.0 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Falling Spring Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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- Chambersburg Area MS - South1.1 mi · 1,025
- Buchanan Elementary School1.7 mi · 251
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- Guilford Hills Elementary School2.3 mi · 191
- Stevens Elementary School2.5 mi · 305
- New Franklin Elementary School2.6 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About Falling Spring Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Falling Spring Elementary School?
Falling Spring Elementary School enrolls approximately 256 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Falling Spring Elementary School serve?
Falling Spring Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Falling Spring Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Falling Spring Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Falling Spring Elementary School?
At Falling Spring Elementary School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 18% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Falling Spring Elementary School in?
Falling Spring Elementary School is part of Chambersburg Area SD.
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