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Enrollment
532
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHIPPENSBURG AREA SD·NCES 422157006114
Nancy Grayson Elementary School
301 Lurgan Avenue, Shippensburg, PA 17257 · (717) 530-2770 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% 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.
- CBeats 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
14.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
315 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 | 116 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 27% |
| Grade 2 | 138 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 26% |
Student demographics
44%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
Nancy Grayson 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
46.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
41.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -7.5pp 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 41 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 down about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.6% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 51.5% | 48.9% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Nancy Grayson Elementary School
Nancy Grayson Elementary School's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Grayson Elementary School this school | 532 | 59.2% | 47.1% |
| Old Forge Elementary School Old Forge | 532 | 55.3% | 44.7% |
| Tracy Elementary School Erie | 515 | 58.1% | 63.3% |
| Tilden El Center Hamburg | 562 | 59.4% | 42.6% |
| East Pennsboro Elementary School Enola | 583 | 55.4% | 58.4% |
| Baresville Elementary School Hanover | 586 | 52.7% | 49.5% |
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 Nancy Grayson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #937 of 1,396 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #980 of 1,511 ▼ 195 | #19 of 24 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #837 of 1,511 ▲ 47 | #15 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #440 of 1,638 | #6 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,174 of 1,528 | #10 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #668 of 1,531 | #11 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.2% | #831 of 1,600 | #21 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.3% | #94 of 450 | N/A |
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
532
+106 (+25%) vs 2020
+19% since 2010-11, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 36.7 | 14.5:1 | 59% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 33.5 | 15.9:1 | 59% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 32.9 | 14.8:1 | 52% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 47% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 32.4 | 13.8:1 | 42% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 44% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 37% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nancy Grayson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (446 to 532); teachers up 13% (32.4 to 36.7).
About Nancy Grayson Elementary School
In Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Nancy Grayson Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 532 students across kindergarten through 3. The typical figure for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students.
Nancy Grayson Elementary School reports to Shippensburg Area SD, which has 6 schools and 3,636 students.
White students make up a majority at Nancy Grayson Elementary School, at 73%. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, and 5% Asian. Census figures show Franklin County is about 87% White. Nancy Grayson Elementary School's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.5:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The school's lunch program data list 59% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 69% average among public schools in Franklin County.
Nancy Grayson Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 30% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Nancy Grayson Elementary School would score about 52.2%. It scores 47.1%, 5.1 points below that figure.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Franklin County show that the median household income is $77,003, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Nancy Grayson Elementary School is one of 41 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Nancy Grayson Elementary School to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Shippensburg Area Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Nancy Grayson Elementary School is 6th among 8 schools close by.
Nancy Grayson Elementary School is in a town close to an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Fringe.
Enrollment has grown by 106 students since 2020-21, to 532.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Shippensburg Area SD
- Shippensburg Area SHSHigh · 1,097 students
- Shippensburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- James Burd Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 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
- James Burd Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Shippensburg Area Intrm SchoolElementary · 495 students
- Grace B Luhrs Univ Elementary SchoolElementary · 132 students
Nearby schools
- Shippensburg Area Middle School0.8 mi · 851
- Shippensburg Area SHS0.8 mi · 1,097
- Grace B Luhrs Univ Elementary School1.0 mi · 132
- James Burd Elementary School1.6 mi · 529
- Shippensburg Area Intrm School1.8 mi · 495
- Grandview Elementary School5.6 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Nancy Grayson Elementary SchoolHow large is Nancy Grayson Elementary School?
Nancy Grayson Elementary School enrolls approximately 532 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Nancy Grayson Elementary School serve?
Nancy Grayson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many teachers does Nancy Grayson Elementary School have?
Nancy Grayson Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
How diverse is Nancy Grayson Elementary School?
Nancy Grayson Elementary School reports a student body of 73% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Nancy Grayson Elementary School?
Nancy Grayson Elementary School is overseen by Shippensburg Area SD in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.