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Which teacher or staff member at Shippensburg Area SHS deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,097
High
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHIPPENSBURG AREA SD·NCES 422157005221
Shippensburg Area SHS
201 Eberly Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257 · (717) 530-2730 · Franklin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,097 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- BTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
602 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 262 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 250 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 302 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 283 | 26% |
Student demographics
43%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
Feeds from
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
60.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
48.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.8% | 48.1% |
| 2023-24 | 63.8% | 57.8% |
% 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 SHS
Shippensburg Area SHS's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shippensburg Area SHS this school | 1,097 | 54.9% | 53.6% |
| Interboro SHS Prospect Park | 1,079 | 53.1% | 46.3% |
| Ephrata SHS Ephrata | 1,347 | 50.3% | 70.9% |
| Garden Spot SHS New Holland | 865 | 48.2% | 62.5% |
| Keystone Oaks High School Pittsburgh | 539 | 52.9% | 64.9% |
| Carlisle Area High School Carlisle | 1,559 | 45.2% | 52.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #247 of 576 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #214 of 626 ▼ 106 | #4 of 7 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #289 of 626 ▼ 12 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,097 | #150 of 713 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #490 of 601 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #198 of 604 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #304 of 619 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.7% | #131 of 221 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,097
+31 (+3%) vs 2020
+83% since 1990-91, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 1,097 | 67.5 | 16.2:1 | 55% (602) |
| 2023-24 | 1,125 | 67 | 16.8:1 | 54% (602) |
| 2022-23 | 1,138 | 67.6 | 16.8:1 | 46% (527) |
| 2020-21 | 1,066 | 63 | 16.9:1 | 37% (399) |
| 2017-18 | 1,038 | 65.6 | 15.8:1 | 30% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 1,051 | 64 | 16.4:1 | 31% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 1,101 | 69 | 16.0:1 | 23% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 949 | 57 | 16.6:1 | 13% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | 50 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shippensburg Area SHS.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (1,038 to 1,097); teachers up 3% (65.6 to 67.5).
About Shippensburg Area SHS
Shippensburg Area SHS runs as a medium-sized high school in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 1,097 students. An average school in this group (high schools in Pennsylvania) has about 738 students.
Shippensburg Area SD runs Shippensburg Area SHS along with 5 other schools, enrolling 3,636 students in total.
At 74%, White students outnumber all other groups at Shippensburg Area SHS combined. Smaller groups are 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 87% of Franklin County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Shippensburg Area SHS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 43%.
Shippensburg Area SHS's 67.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.2:1. For comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 55%. The rate at public schools in Franklin County averages 69%, higher than here.
Shippensburg Area SHS is graded B by allk12, scoring above 59% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Shippensburg Area SHS is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Franklin County has about 157,379 residents, and median household income is about $77,003, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Franklin County number 41 and enroll about 21,432.
Nearby, Shippensburg Area Middle School is about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 6. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Shippensburg Area SHS ranks 4th of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,097, 3% above the 1,066 of 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Shippensburg Area SHS covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- Nancy Grayson Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 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 Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
- Nancy Grayson Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 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 School0.2 mi · 851
- Nancy Grayson Elementary School0.8 mi · 532
- Grace B Luhrs Univ Elementary School1.8 mi · 132
- James Burd Elementary School2.3 mi · 529
- Shippensburg Area Intrm School2.5 mi · 495
- Grandview Elementary School4.8 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Shippensburg Area SHSWhat is the total enrollment at Shippensburg Area SHS?
Shippensburg Area SHS enrolls approximately 1,097 students in grades 09-12.
Is Shippensburg Area SHS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shippensburg Area SHS is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shippensburg Area SHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shippensburg Area SHS is approximately 16.2:1 (68 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shippensburg Area SHS?
At Shippensburg Area SHS, the student body is approximately 74% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Shippensburg Area SHS public or private?
Shippensburg Area SHS 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.