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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Shippensburg Intrm Sch administration to hear?
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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHIPPENSBURG AREA SD·NCES 422157006021
Shippensburg Area Intrm School
601 Hollar Avenue, Shippensburg, PA 17257 · (717) 530-3189 · Cumberland County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
316 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 249 | 50% |
| Grade 5 | 246 | 50% |
Student demographics
49%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
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
52.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
47.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.7% | 47.4% |
| 2023-24 | 53.6% | 51.1% |
% 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Shippensburg Area Intrm School
Shippensburg Area Intrm School's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shippensburg Area Intrm School this school | 495 | 63.8% | 56.2% |
| Nancy Grayson Elementary School Shippensburg | 532 | 59.2% | 47.1% |
| James Burd Elementary School Shippensburg | 529 | 63.9% | 56.3% |
| Prospect Park School Prospect Park | 546 | 56.2% | 47.5% |
| East Pennsboro Elementary School Enola | 583 | 55.4% | 58.4% |
| West Creek Hills Elementary School Camp Hill | 587 | 57.2% | 55.9% |
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 Shippensburg Area Intrm School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #702 of 1,396 | #23 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #858 of 1,511 ▼ 126 | #28 of 34 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #656 of 1,511 ▲ 158 | #19 of 34 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #548 of 1,638 | #12 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,040 of 1,528 | #19 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #559 of 1,531 | #22 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.8% | #779 of 1,600 | #6 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #904 of 1,045 | #17 of 21 |
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
495
+43 (+10%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 495 | 35.6 | 13.9:1 | 64% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 32.5 | 15.8:1 | 61% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 30.4 | 16.0:1 | 54% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 55% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 29.9 | 17.2:1 | 49% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 44% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 35% (169) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shippensburg Area Intrm School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (514 to 495); teachers up 19% (29.9 to 35.6).
About Shippensburg Area Intrm School
Shippensburg Area Intrm School is a mid-sized elementary school based in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. It offers grades 4 through 5 and has 495 students enrolled.
The district, Shippensburg Area SD, operates 6 schools serving 3,636 students.
About 69% of the student body at Shippensburg Area Intrm School is White. Enrollment also includes 11% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Cumberland County, the White share is about 82%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have an average ratio of 13.1:1. At Shippensburg Area Intrm School, 64% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 41% average among public schools in Cumberland County.
Shippensburg Area Intrm School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 50.2%.
For Cumberland County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $87,494, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 57 public schools and about 33,044 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Shippensburg Area Intrm School from the closest public school, James Burd Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 5. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Shippensburg Area Intrm School ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 10%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.1:1 to 13.9:1 over the same years.
Shippensburg Area Intrm School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,323
Census ACS
Median income
$87,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
33,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shippensburg Area SD
- Shippensburg Area SHSHigh · 1,097 students
- Shippensburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- Nancy Grayson Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- James Burd Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 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
- Nancy Grayson Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- James Burd Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Grace B Luhrs Univ Elementary SchoolElementary · 132 students
Nearby schools
- James Burd Elementary School0.2 mi · 529
- Grace B Luhrs Univ Elementary School1.2 mi · 132
- Nancy Grayson Elementary School1.8 mi · 532
- Shippensburg Area Middle School2.3 mi · 851
- Shippensburg Area SHS2.5 mi · 1,097
- Grandview Elementary School7.1 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Shippensburg Area Intrm SchoolHow large is Shippensburg Area Intrm School?
Shippensburg Area Intrm School enrolls approximately 495 students in grades 04-05.
What age range does Shippensburg Area Intrm School serve?
Shippensburg Area Intrm School serves students from grade 04 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shippensburg Area Intrm School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shippensburg Area Intrm School is approximately 13.9:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shippensburg Area Intrm School?
At Shippensburg Area Intrm School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Shippensburg Area Intrm School public or private?
Shippensburg Area Intrm School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shippensburg Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.