Lurgan El Sch

Located at 8888 Roxbury Rd, in Lurgan, Pennsylvania, Lurgan El Sch is an one-room-style elementary campus that caters to 121 students (grades K through 5), part of Chambersburg Area SD. That puts it 73% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Lurgan El Sch reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Franklin County (around 69%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lurgan El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.4%; this one delivers 46.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Franklin County shows median household income runs about $77,003, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Franklin County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,432 students), of which Lurgan El Sch is one.

Shippensburg Area SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.4 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lurgan El Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.8%.

Lurgan El Sch operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 18%: 147 students in 2018 compared to 121 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 1% to 6% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Lurgan El Sch community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.