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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHIPPENSBURG AREA SD·NCES 422157006120
James Burd Elementary School
600 Brad Street, Shippensburg, PA 17257 · (717) 530-2780 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- BBeats 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
13.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
338 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 104 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 137 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 147 | 28% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
James Burd Elementary School→Shippensburg Area Intrm School→Shippensburg Area Middle School→Shippensburg Area SHS
Based on grade levels within Shippensburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -18.6pp since 2023
Math
51.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 51.9% |
| 2023-24 | 65.3% | 61.2% |
% 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
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 James Burd Elementary School
James Burd Elementary School's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Burd Elementary School this school | 529 | 63.9% | 56.3% |
| West Creek Hills Elementary School Camp Hill | 587 | 57.2% | 55.9% |
| Crestview Elementary School Carlisle | 541 | 55.5% | 51.7% |
| Shippensburg Area Intrm School Shippensburg | 495 | 63.8% | 56.2% |
| Joseph E Ferderbar Elementary School Feasterville | 486 | 53.9% | 64.2% |
| Bellaire Elementary School Carlisle | 407 | 60.0% | 59.7% |
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 James Burd Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #701 of 1,396 | #22 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #753 of 1,511 ▼ 286 | #22 of 34 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #832 of 1,511 ▼ 371 | #26 of 34 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #451 of 1,638 | #9 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #813 of 1,528 | #13 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #395 of 1,531 | #16 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #778 of 1,600 | #5 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.3% | #106 of 450 | #3 of 10 |
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
529
+69 (+15%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 529 | 40.2 | 13.2:1 | 64% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 36.6 | 14.3:1 | 65% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 34.1 | 14.7:1 | 57% (286) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 50% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 30.5 | 14.7:1 | 51% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 53% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 38% (170) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Burd Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (447 to 529); teachers up 32% (30.5 to 40.2).
About James Burd Elementary School
James Burd Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Enrollment stands at 529 students, covering kindergarten through 3.
James Burd Elementary School is one of the 6 schools that make up Shippensburg Area SD (3,636 students in total).
At James Burd Elementary School, 63% of students are White. The remaining students are 13% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. Census figures show Cumberland County is about 82% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, James Burd Elementary School scores 57%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at James Burd Elementary School is 13.2:1, based on 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. James Burd Elementary School counts 64% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cumberland County is 41%.
James Burd Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 54% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Schools in Pennsylvania with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 50.2%. James Burd Elementary School scores 56.3%.
For the population of Cumberland County, the median household earns about $87,494 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. James Burd Elementary School shares Cumberland County with 56 other public schools.
Shippensburg Area Intrm School sits about 0.2 miles from James Burd Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 50.9%, lower than James Burd Elementary School's 56.3%.
Its location is classified as Town: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 15%, from 460 to 529. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 14.4:1 to 13.2:1.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,323
Census ACS
Median income
$87,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
33,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shippensburg Area SD
- Shippensburg Area SHSHigh · 1,097 students
- Shippensburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- Nancy Grayson Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- Shippensburg Area Intrm SchoolElementary · 495 students
- Grace B Luhrs Univ Elementary SchoolElementary · 132 students
Other schools in Shippensburg
- Shippensburg Area SHSHigh · 1,097 students
- Shippensburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- Nancy Grayson Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- Shippensburg Area Intrm SchoolElementary · 495 students
- Grace B Luhrs Univ Elementary SchoolElementary · 132 students
Nearby schools
- Shippensburg Area Intrm School0.2 mi · 495
- Grace B Luhrs Univ Elementary School1.1 mi · 132
- Nancy Grayson Elementary School1.6 mi · 532
- Shippensburg Area Middle School2.1 mi · 851
- Shippensburg Area SHS2.3 mi · 1,097
- Grandview Elementary School7.0 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About James Burd Elementary SchoolHow many students attend James Burd Elementary School?
James Burd Elementary School enrolls approximately 529 students in grades KG-03.
Is James Burd Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
James Burd Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many teachers does James Burd Elementary School have?
James Burd Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at James Burd Elementary School?
At James Burd Elementary School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees James Burd Elementary School?
James Burd Elementary School is overseen by Shippensburg Area SD in Cumberland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.