Guilford Hills El Sch

Located at 2105 Lincoln Way E, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Guilford Hills El Sch is a compact elementary school that educates 191 students (grades K through 5), run under Chambersburg Area SD. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 57% below typical.

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

In terms of who attends, Guilford Hills El Sch shows that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Guilford Hills El Sch lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Franklin County's rate of about 69%.

With demographic context factored in, Guilford Hills El Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 38.1%; Guilford Hills El Sch posts 65.8%, +27.7 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Franklin County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,003 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Guilford Hills El Sch is one of 41 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 21,432 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fayetteville El Sch, around 1.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Guilford Hills El Sch comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 30%: 271 students in 2018 compared to 191 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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