Enrollment
191
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAMBERSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420555002215
Guilford Hills Elementary School
2105 Lincoln Way E, Chambersburg, PA 17202 · (717) 352-2124 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL191 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% 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.
- A+Beats 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
10.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
176 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 | 35 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
34%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
51.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.9pp since 2023
Math
64.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.1pp 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 65 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 64.7% |
| 2023-24 | 65.9% | 64.8% |
% 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% 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 28 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 Guilford Hills Elementary School
Guilford Hills Elementary School's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guilford Hills Elementary School this school | 191 | 92.1% | 65.8% |
| Montgomery Elementary School Mercersburg | 212 | 96.7% | 48.7% |
| Trinity North Elementary School Washington | 232 | 98.7% | 57.0% |
| Renovo Elementary School Renovo | 155 | 91.0% | 62.8% |
| Laurel Valley Elementary School New Florence | 238 | 96.6% | 47.5% |
| Emily Brittain Elementary School Butler | 255 | 95.7% | 49.4% |
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 Guilford Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #424 of 1,396 | #3 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #404 of 1,511 ▼ 42 | #3 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #711 of 1,511 ▼ 268 | #11 of 24 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 191 | #1,547 of 1,638 | #22 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.1% | #627 of 1,600 | #16 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.5% | #117 of 1,045 | #3 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
191
-51 (-21%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 193
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 191 | 19 | 10.1:1 | 92% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 176 | 18.4 | 9.6:1 | 98% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 193 | 15.9 | 12.2:1 | 44% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 242 | 17 | 14.2:1 | 43% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 271 | 16.2 | 16.7:1 | 37% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 16 | 18.1:1 | 47% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 279 | 16 | 17.4:1 | 38% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 278 | 17 | 16.4:1 | 18% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 193 | 11 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Guilford Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (271 to 191); teachers up 17% (16.2 to 19).
About Guilford Hills Elementary School
Guilford Hills Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. A federal count lists 191 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Chambersburg Area SD enrolls 9,373 students in 17 schools, including Guilford Hills Elementary School.
Most students at Guilford Hills Elementary School are White: 81% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Guilford Hills Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
Dividing enrollment by its 19 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 10.1:1. Among elementary schools in Pennsylvania, the typical ratio is 13.1:1. Eligible students account for 92% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The rate at public schools in Franklin County averages 69%, lower than here.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Guilford Hills Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 65.8%, is 27.7 points above the 38.1% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Census estimates describe Franklin County this way: median household income is about $77,003, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Federal data list 41 public schools in Franklin County, with a combined enrollment of about 21,432.
The closest public school to Guilford Hills Elementary School is Fayetteville Elementary School, about 1.9 miles away. Within five miles of Guilford Hills Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 65.8% is above the 50.7% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Guilford Hills Elementary School in the Suburb: Small locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 242 in 2020-21 and 191 in 2024-25, a decrease of 51 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.1:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Guilford Hills Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Guilford Hills Elementary School?
Guilford Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 191 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Guilford Hills Elementary School serve?
Guilford Hills Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Guilford Hills Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Guilford Hills Elementary School is approximately 10.1:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Guilford Hills Elementary School?
Guilford Hills Elementary School reports a student body of 81% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Guilford Hills Elementary School in?
Guilford Hills Elementary School is part of Chambersburg Area SD.
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