James Gettys El Sch

As a small primary school in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, James Gettys El Sch caters to 334 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Gettysburg Area SD. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Gettysburg Area SD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,782 students; James Gettys El Sch is among them.

Looking at the student body, James Gettys El Sch logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 18% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Adams County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, James Gettys El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.2%; this one delivers 59.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Adams County indicate the typical household earns roughly $84,092 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. James Gettys El Sch is one of 26 public schools in Adams County (combined enrollment of about 12,831 students).

Nearest neighbor: Adams County Technical Institute, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts James Gettys El Sch at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 52.1%.

James Gettys El Sch operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at James Gettys El Sch has ticked down 23%, going from 435 students in 2018 to 334 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 9% to 4% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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