Enrollment
121
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAMBERSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420555002225
Lurgan Elementary School
8888 Roxbury Rd, Lurgan, PA 17232 · (717) 532-6125 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL121 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
119 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 23 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (21).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
43.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.7% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 44.2% | 40.4% |
% 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Lurgan Elementary School
Lurgan Elementary School's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lurgan Elementary School this school | 121 | 98.3% | 46.6% |
| Franklin School Vanderbilt | 127 | 97.6% | 46.2% |
| Jackson Elementary School Johnstown | 105 | 95.2% | 64.9% |
| Smedley Street School Oil City | 103 | 95.1% | N/A |
| Liberty-Curtin Elementary School Blanchard | 151 | 97.4% | 55.0% |
| Harmony Area Elementary School Westover | 141 | 91.5% | 58.4% |
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 Lurgan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #946 of 1,396 | #18 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #943 of 1,511 ▲ 18 | #18 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #1,023 of 1,511 ▲ 23 | #18 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 121 | #1,610 of 1,638 | #25 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #434 of 1,600 | #7 of 25 |
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
121
-4 (-3%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 171
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 121 | 8.7 | 13.9:1 | 98% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 119 | 8.9 | 13.4:1 | 100% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 118 | 8.6 | 13.7:1 | 100% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 125 | 7 | 17.9:1 | 53% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 147 | 9 | 16.3:1 | 47% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 167 | 10 | 16.7:1 | 51% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 189 | 13 | 14.5:1 | 40% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 141 | 9 | 15.7:1 | 20% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 171 | 8 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lurgan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (147 to 121); teachers down 3% (9 to 8.7).
About Lurgan Elementary School
Lurgan Elementary School is a small elementary school found in Lurgan, Pennsylvania. It serves 121 students in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is roughly 443 students; this school is 73% smaller than that.
Lurgan Elementary School is one of 17 schools in Chambersburg Area SD, which enrolls 9,373 students in total.
About 92% of the student body at Lurgan Elementary School is White. Other students are 6% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 15% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 8.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.9:1. That is higher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligible students account for 98% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Franklin County is 69%.
The allk12 Grade for Lurgan Elementary School is B-. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Lurgan Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.6% and a predicted 35.4%.
Among Franklin County residents, the median household income is $77,003, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Lurgan Elementary School is one of 41 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Shippensburg Area SHS is about 6.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. Lurgan Elementary School's average proficiency of 46.6% compares with 53.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Lurgan Elementary School declined 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 125 to 121 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.9:1 in 2020-21, and 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
157,379
Census ACS
Median income
$77,003
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
21,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chambersburg Area SD
- Chambersburg Area SHSHigh · 2,319 students
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- Chambersburg Area MS - SouthMiddle · 1,025 students
- Chambersburg Area Career Magnet SchoolHigh · 706 students
- Benjamin Chambers Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Hamilton Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
Nearby schools
- Shippensburg Area SHS6.4 mi · 1,097
- Nancy Grayson Elementary School6.5 mi · 532
- Shippensburg Area Middle School6.6 mi · 851
- Grace B Luhrs Univ Elementary School6.8 mi · 132
- Grandview Elementary School7.3 mi · 277
- Fannett-Metal Middle School7.8 mi · 70
Frequently asked questions
About Lurgan Elementary SchoolHow large is Lurgan Elementary School?
Lurgan Elementary School enrolls approximately 121 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lurgan Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lurgan Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Lurgan Elementary School have?
Lurgan Elementary School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Lurgan Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lurgan Elementary School are roughly 92% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is Lurgan Elementary School in?
Lurgan Elementary School is part of Chambersburg Area SD.
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