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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND VALLEY SD·NCES 420711001699
Silver Spring Elementary School
6746 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050 · (717) 506-3755 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% 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.
- B-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
15.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
163 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
57.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.1pp since 2023
Math
63.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 63.3% |
| 2023-24 | 71.1% | 63.9% |
% 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
67.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Silver Spring Elementary School
Silver Spring Elementary School's state test result (67.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Spring Elementary School this school | 528 | 30.9% | 67.1% |
| Pine Road Elementary School Huntingdon Valley | 628 | 36.8% | 73.4% |
| Gwyn-Nor Elementary School North Wales | 663 | 32.4% | 61.8% |
| General Wayne Elementary School Malvern | 542 | 17.3% | 75.6% |
| Montgomery Elementary School North Wales | 611 | 18.0% | 74.8% |
| Woodland Elementary School Norristown | 427 | 22.2% | 73.6% |
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 Silver Spring Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #385 of 1,396 | #9 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #441 of 1,511 ▼ 60 | #10 of 34 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #516 of 1,511 ▼ 207 | #14 of 34 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #455 of 1,638 | #10 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,387 of 1,528 | #33 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #290 of 1,531 | #8 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.9% | #1,315 of 1,600 | #30 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #927 of 1,045 | #18 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
528
+76 (+17%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 528 | 33.1 | 15.9:1 | 31% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 35.1 | 14.6:1 | 32% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 33.9 | 15.2:1 | 28% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 22% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 31.3 | 17.4:1 | 16% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 513 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 15% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 482 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 6% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 25 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silver Spring Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (545 to 528); teachers up 6% (31.3 to 33.1).
About Silver Spring Elementary School
Silver Spring Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Its enrollment is 528 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Silver Spring Elementary School is one school in an 11-school district, Cumberland Valley SD, which enrolls 10,374 students.
About 53% of the student body at Silver Spring Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 32% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among people living in Cumberland County, the White share is about 82%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.9:1. The school has 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 15.9:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Federal data show 31% of students (163) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 41% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
Silver Spring Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Silver Spring Elementary School's results are 2.7 points above predicted: 67.1% against 64.4%.
Census data for Cumberland County show the median household earns about $87,494 a year, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Silver Spring Elementary School, Cumberland County has 57 public schools.
Eagle View Middle School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Silver Spring Elementary School is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 17% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.1:1 to 15.9:1.
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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 Cumberland Valley SD
- Cumberland Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,163 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,403 students
- Eagle View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Winding Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,055 students
- Shaull Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
- Sporting Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
Other schools in Mechanicsburg
- Cumberland Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,163 students
- Mechanicsburg Area SHSHigh · 1,412 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,403 students
- Mechanicsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- Eagle View Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,111 students
- Winding Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,055 students
Nearby schools
- Eagle View Middle School0.2 mi · 1,111
- Cumberland Valley High School0.2 mi · 3,163
- Cumberland Perry Area Career & Technical Center1.8 mi · 28
- Green Ridge Elementary School1.9 mi · 474
- Northside Elementary School3.4 mi · 221
- Winding Creek Elementary School3.4 mi · 1,055
Frequently asked questions
About Silver Spring Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Silver Spring Elementary School?
Silver Spring Elementary School enrolls approximately 528 students in grades KG-05.
Is Silver Spring Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Silver Spring Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Silver Spring Elementary School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Silver Spring Elementary School.
How diverse is Silver Spring Elementary School?
Silver Spring Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 32% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Silver Spring Elementary School?
Silver Spring Elementary School is overseen by Cumberland Valley SD in Cumberland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.