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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAMBERSBURG AREA SD·NCES 420555002209
Scotland Elementary School
3832 Scotland Main St, Chambersburg, PA 17202 · (717) 261-3460 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
438 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
44%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
48.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
37.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 37.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 39.4% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Scotland Elementary School
Scotland Elementary School's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland Elementary School this school | 460 | 95.2% | 49.1% |
| Adaire Alexander School Philadelphia | 447 | 93.1% | 63.0% |
| Meredith William M School Philadelphia | 556 | 92.6% | 85.5% |
| Linglestown Elementary School Harrisburg | 475 | 96.8% | 66.1% |
| Riverside Elementary School East Moosic | 455 | 97.1% | 44.0% |
| Cornwells Elementary School Bensalem | 556 | 99.3% | 45.5% |
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 Scotland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #886 of 1,396 | #15 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #1,033 of 1,511 ▼ 58 | #21 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #794 of 1,511 ▲ 47 | #12 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #652 of 1,638 | #9 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,290 of 1,528 | #13 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #666 of 1,531 | #10 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #565 of 1,600 | #14 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #1,039 of 1,045 | #18 of 18 |
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
460
+98 (+27%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 284
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 460 | 30.3 | 15.2:1 | 95% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 29.3 | 14.9:1 | 99% (435) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 29.8 | 14.2:1 | 46% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 36% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 28.7 | 16.1:1 | 35% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 44% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 23 | 17.8:1 | 28% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 298 | 13 | 22.9:1 | 17% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 284 | 13 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scotland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (461 to 460); teachers up 5% (28.7 to 30.3).
About Scotland Elementary School
Scotland Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. It enrolled 460 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Scotland Elementary School is run by Chambersburg Area SD, whose 17 schools enroll 9,373 students.
At 73%, White students outnumber all other groups at Scotland Elementary School combined. Other students are 9% multiracial, 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 4% Black. By comparison, Franklin County residents are about 87% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Scotland Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 44%.
The school employs the equivalent of 30.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Scotland Elementary School is 95%. For comparison, public schools in Franklin County average 69%.
allk12 grades Scotland Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Scotland Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.1% and a predicted 36.8%.
Census estimates describe Franklin County this way: median household income is about $77,003, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 41 public schools in Franklin County, with a combined enrollment of about 21,432.
The nearest public school is Grandview Elementary School, at about 2.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Scotland Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Small, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 460, 27% above the 362 of 2020-21.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Chambersburg Area MS - NorthMiddle · 1,072 students
- 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
Other schools in Chambersburg
- Chambersburg Area SHSHigh · 2,319 students
- Chambersburg Area MS - NorthMiddle · 1,072 students
- 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
Other Scotland Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Scotland Elementary. Scotland Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Scotland Elementary SchoolRidgefield, CT · 318 students
- Scotland Elementary - 02Scotland, SD · 114 students
- Scotland Elementary SchoolScotland, CT · 95 students
Nearby schools
- Grandview Elementary School2.4 mi · 277
- Chambersburg Area MS - North2.9 mi · 1,072
- Guilford Hills Elementary School3.4 mi · 191
- Buchanan Elementary School4.3 mi · 251
- Chambersburg Area MS - South4.3 mi · 1,025
- Falling Spring Elementary School4.4 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Scotland Elementary SchoolHow large is Scotland Elementary School?
Scotland Elementary School enrolls approximately 460 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Scotland Elementary School serve?
Scotland Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Scotland Elementary School have?
Scotland Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
How diverse is Scotland Elementary School?
Scotland Elementary School reports a student body of 73% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Scotland Elementary School in?
Scotland Elementary School is part of Chambersburg Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.