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How has Fayetteville El Sch changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
481
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAMBERSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420555006273
Fayetteville Elementary School
8 E Main St, Fayetteville, PA 17222 · (717) 352-2774 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
12.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
465 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
44%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
51.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
60.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.3% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 54.1% | 50.3% |
% 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
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% 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 Fayetteville Elementary School
Fayetteville Elementary School's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville Elementary School this school | 481 | 96.7% | 57.0% |
| Minersville Area El Center Minersville | 468 | 97.2% | 43.1% |
| Wallenpaupack North Intrmd School Hawley | 474 | 98.5% | 61.9% |
| Lewistown Elementary School Lewistown | 457 | 98.9% | 28.4% |
| Riverside Elementary School East Moosic | 455 | 97.1% | 44.0% |
| Farmdale Elementary School Mount Joy | 489 | 99.4% | 65.0% |
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 Fayetteville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #677 of 1,396 | #11 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #529 of 1,511 ▲ 217 | #6 of 24 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #699 of 1,511 ▲ 99 | #9 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #582 of 1,638 | #8 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #466 of 1,528 | #1 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #686 of 1,531 | #12 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #519 of 1,600 | #12 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #898 of 1,045 | #16 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
481
+72 (+18%) vs 2020
+75% since 1990-91, when it was 275
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 481 | 39.7 | 12.1:1 | 97% (465) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 38.7 | 12.0:1 | 100% (465) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 37.7 | 11.7:1 | 100% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 36 | 11.4:1 | 55% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 34.3 | 14.6:1 | 49% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 36 | 15.7:1 | 53% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 46% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 227 | 14 | 16.2:1 | 31% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 275 | 14 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fayetteville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (500 to 481); teachers up 16% (34.3 to 39.7).
About Fayetteville Elementary School
Fayetteville Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 481 students.
Fayetteville Elementary School is among 17 schools run by Chambersburg Area SD, which serves 9,373 students.
By race and ethnicity, Fayetteville Elementary School is 73% White. Other reported shares: 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. That compares with about 87% White among all Franklin County residents. By the diversity index, Fayetteville Elementary School comes in at 44%.
Teacher staffing is 39.7 full-time equivalents, or about 12.1 students per teacher. The 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 97%. It compares with 69% for public schools in Franklin County.
allk12 grades Fayetteville Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations places Fayetteville Elementary School in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 20.9 points above it (57.0% actual, 36.2% predicted).
Franklin County has these Census figures: median household income is about $77,003, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Fayetteville Elementary School is among the 41 public schools in Franklin County.
The closest public school, Guilford Hills Elementary School, is about 1.9 miles from Fayetteville Elementary School. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Fayetteville Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Fayetteville Elementary School's location as Suburb: Small.
Federal counts put enrollment at 409 in 2020-21 and 481 in 2024-25, an 18% rise.
Community posts for Fayetteville Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 - 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
Other Fayetteville Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Fayetteville Elementary. Fayetteville Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Fayetteville Elementary SchoolFayetteville, GA · 507 students
- FAYETTEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFAYETTEVILLE, NY · 457 students
Nearby schools
- Guilford Hills Elementary School1.9 mi · 191
- Falling Spring Elementary School4.0 mi · 256
- Scotland Elementary School4.5 mi · 460
- Chambersburg Area MS - South4.9 mi · 1,025
- New Franklin Elementary School5.0 mi · 206
- South Mountain Secure Trmnt Un5.3 mi · 24
Frequently asked questions
About Fayetteville Elementary SchoolHow large is Fayetteville Elementary School?
Fayetteville Elementary School enrolls approximately 481 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Fayetteville Elementary School serve?
Fayetteville Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Fayetteville Elementary School have?
Fayetteville Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Fayetteville Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fayetteville Elementary School are roughly 73% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Fayetteville Elementary School public or private?
Fayetteville Elementary School 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.