Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GETTYSBURG AREA SD·NCES 421071007382
Franklin Twp Elementary School
870 Old Route 30, Cashtown, PA 17310 · (717) 334-6254 · Adams County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Pennsylvania public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
176 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Gettysburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
48.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.8% | 48.9% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 44.7% |
% 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Franklin Twp Elementary School
Franklin Twp Elementary School's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Twp Elementary School this school | 340 | 51.8% | 52.0% |
| Providence Elementary School New Providence | 386 | 53.4% | 51.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Gettysburg | 393 | 55.2% | 46.6% |
| Lampeter Elementary School Lampeter | 375 | 49.6% | N/A |
| Wrightsville Elementary School Wrightsville | 353 | 56.9% | 66.9% |
| Kreutz Creek Elementary School Hellam | 320 | 57.2% | 48.4% |
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 Franklin Twp Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #819 of 1,396 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #823 of 1,511 ▲ 51 | #7 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #802 of 1,511 ▲ 139 | #5 of 11 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #1,104 of 1,638 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #543 of 1,528 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #799 of 1,531 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #966 of 1,600 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #705 of 1,045 | #7 of 8 |
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
340
-20 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 340 | 27.6 | 12.3:1 | 52% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 28.1 | 13.0:1 | 48% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 28.1 | 13.1:1 | 45% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 41% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 27.2 | 13.7:1 | 47% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 47% (177) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Twp Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (373 to 340); teachers up 1% (27.2 to 27.6).
About Franklin Twp Elementary School
Franklin Twp Elementary School is an elementary school in Cashtown, Pennsylvania, reachable at (717) 334-6254. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 340 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 23% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Gettysburg Area SD includes 5 schools. Together they enroll 2,782 students.
Federal enrollment data show Franklin Twp Elementary School is 77% White. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 89% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 39, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.3:1. Across elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is 13.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 52%.
Franklin Twp Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 37% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 55.4%.
The school is in Adams County, where the median household earns about $84,092 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Franklin Twp Elementary School shares Adams County with 25 other public schools.
Franklin Twp Elementary School's nearest public school is Upper Adams Intrmdt School (about 4.2 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. On state test proficiency, Franklin Twp Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Franklin Twp Elementary School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 340, from 360 in 2020-21.
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Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,115
Census ACS
Median income
$84,092
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
12,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gettysburg Area SD
- Gettysburg Area High SchoolHigh · 1,069 students
- Gettysburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 646 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 393 students
- James Gettys Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
Nearby schools
- Upper Adams Intrmdt School4.2 mi · 361
- Biglerville Elementary School6.0 mi · 421
- James Gettys Elementary School6.5 mi · 334
- Biglerville High School6.7 mi · 535
- Upper Adams Middle School6.7 mi · 242
- Fairfield Area Middle School6.9 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Twp Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Franklin Twp Elementary School?
Franklin Twp Elementary School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades KG-05.
Is Franklin Twp Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Franklin Twp Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Franklin Twp Elementary School have?
Franklin Twp Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Twp Elementary School?
At Franklin Twp Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Franklin Twp Elementary School public or private?
Franklin Twp Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gettysburg Area SD.
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