Falling Spring El Sch

Falling Spring El Sch is an elementary-level community of cozy scale in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, part of Chambersburg Area SD, hosting 256 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Falling Spring El Sch sits 42% smaller than that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Falling Spring El Sch reports that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Franklin County's rate of about 69%.

After controlling for student poverty, Falling Spring El Sch is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 37.1%; this one delivers 57.8%, a residual of +20.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,003, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Franklin County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,432 students), of which Falling Spring El Sch is one.

Chambersburg Area MS - South is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Falling Spring El Sch at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 47.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Falling Spring El Sch has decreased 5%, going from 270 students in 2018 to 256 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 65% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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