Shippensburg Area SHS

Shippensburg Area SHS operates as an average-sized high school in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, operated by Shippensburg Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 1,097 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Shippensburg Area SHS sits 49% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Shippensburg Area SD, which oversees 6 schools and 3,636 students, Shippensburg Area SHS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Shippensburg Area SHS logs that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school reports 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Shippensburg Area SHS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Franklin County (around 69%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Shippensburg Area SHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.1%; this one delivers 53.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Franklin County reports that median household income runs about $77,003, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Shippensburg Area SHS is one of 41 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 21,432 students).

The closest other public school is Shippensburg Area MS, roughly 0.2 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shippensburg Area SHS at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.3%.

Shippensburg Area SHS operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Shippensburg Area SHS's enrollment has edged up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,038 (now 1,097). The White share of enrollment declined from 89% to 74% over that span.

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