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Enrollment
532
High
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLESTOWN AREA SD·NCES 421398000014
Littlestown SHS
200 E Myrtle St, Littlestown, PA 17340 · (717) 359-4146 · Adams County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- ATest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
181 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 126 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 141 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 121 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 144 | 27% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Littlestown Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
70.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
71.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 71.2% |
| 2023-24 | 68.8% | 63.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Littlestown SHS
Littlestown SHS's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Littlestown SHS this school | 532 | 34.0% | 70.7% |
| Montoursville Area SHS Montoursville | 570 | 33.3% | 49.5% |
| Deer Lakes High School Cheswick | 581 | 34.8% | 54.4% |
| Chartiers-Houston JSHS Houston | 539 | 36.7% | 55.1% |
| Oley Valley SHS Oley | 506 | 32.4% | 59.9% |
| Palisades High School Kintnersville | 465 | 30.5% | 59.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Littlestown SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #66 of 576 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #40 of 626 ▲ 29 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #164 of 626 ▲ 36 | #1 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #388 of 713 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #76 of 601 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.3% | #425 of 604 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #508 of 619 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #124 of 373 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
532
-52 (-9%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 532 | 47.2 | 11.3:1 | 34% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 47.2 | 11.4:1 | 34% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 551 | 46.1 | 11.9:1 | 32% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 47 | 12.4:1 | 22% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 46.6 | 13.2:1 | 30% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 48 | 11.8:1 | 30% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 725 | 50 | 14.5:1 | 26% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 713 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 13% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 431 | 40 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Littlestown SHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (614 to 532); teachers up 1% (46.6 to 47.2).
About Littlestown SHS
Littlestown SHS sits in Littlestown, Pennsylvania, and is classified as a high school. Its enrollment is 532 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. High schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students, which makes this school 28% below average.
Littlestown SHS is one school in Littlestown Area SD, a system of 3 schools with 1,691 students.
White students account for 91% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among Adams County residents, the White share is about 89%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 16, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 47.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.3:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 1.5 students per teacher. On the income side, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 47% average for public schools in Adams County is 13 points higher.
Littlestown SHS earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Littlestown SHS falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 70.7% actual against 63.0% predicted.
In Adams County, home to about 106,115 people, median household income comes to about $84,092, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 26 public schools in the county, enrolling about 12,831, Littlestown SHS among them.
Alloway Creek Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Littlestown SHS, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.6%; Littlestown SHS's is 70.7%, ranking 1st of 9.
Littlestown SHS falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 52 students, from 584 to 532. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 12.4:1 to 11.3:1.
The Littlestown SHS discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Littlestown Area SD
- Alloway Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Maple Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 413 students
Other schools in Littlestown
- Alloway Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Maple Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Alloway Creek Elementary School0.2 mi · 746
- Maple Avenue Middle School0.2 mi · 413
- Conewago Twp Elementary School5.7 mi · 475
- Park Hills Elementary School6.0 mi · 572
- Hanover Street Elementary School6.6 mi · 269
- Clearview Elementary School6.6 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About Littlestown SHSHow large is Littlestown SHS?
Littlestown SHS enrolls approximately 532 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Littlestown SHS serve?
Littlestown SHS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Littlestown SHS have?
Littlestown SHS employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Littlestown SHS?
At Littlestown SHS, the student body is approximately 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Littlestown SHS public or private?
Littlestown SHS is a public K-12 school, overseen by Littlestown Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.