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Shippensburg Area School District

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Shippensburg Area School District is located in south Pennsylvania. Shippensburg Area School District has 122.09 square miles of land area and 0.34 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Shippensburg Area School District population is 28,719. Shippensburg Area School District median household income is $45,816 in 2010-2014. Shippensburg Area School District median house value is $166,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Shippensburg Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (404 out of 496, bottom 19%) Elementary/Middle School: (334 out of 498, bottom 33%)* Rank: #382
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	28,719 (2010-2014), rank #118
Population Growth	6.16% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	234.57/sq mi, rank #286
Median Household Income:	$45,816 at 2010-2014—-0.02% increase since 2005-2009, rank #339
Median House Price:	$166,900 at 2010-2014—14.79% increase since 2005-2009, rank #169
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	122.09 sq mi, rank #108
Water Area:	0.34 sq mi (0.28%), rank #291
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Franklin County, Cumberland County
City:	Shippensburg, Chambersburg, Orrstown, Biglerville, Shippensburg University, Newburg borough, Newburg
Zip:	17257, 17202, 17244, 17307, 17240
Area:	Chambersburg, PA;Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

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Shippensburg Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

317 North Morris St

Shippensburg PA, 17257, Cumberland County

Phone: 717-530-2700

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,414	3,417	3,439	3,420	3,400	3,328	3,434
English Language Learner Students:	34	33	16	17	12	26	14
Total Teachers:	202.32	207.32	212.32	216.32	217.68	215.70	231.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	12.00	15.00
Elementary:	91.32	89.58	92.32	95.32	97.72	95.30	102.00
Secondary:	91.00	95.74	95.00	96.00	95.96	93.40	101.00
Ungraded:	11.00	13.00	16.00	16.00	15.00	15.00	13.00
Total Other Staff:	166.76	186.00	187.03	227.03	201.00	198.40	197.00
Instructional Aides:	34.00	36.00	36.00	49.00	52.00	52.00	52.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	8.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	10.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrators:	1.76	2.97	4.00	4.00	3.97	4.90	5.00
District Administrative Support:	11.00	11.00	11.00	12.00	15.00	14.00	14.00
School Administrators:	8.00	8.03	8.03	8.03	8.03	8.00	9.00
School Administrative Support:	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	14.00
Student Support Services:	NA	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	7.00	7.00
Other Support Services:	85.00	90.00	90.00	111.00	79.00	77.50	74.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.87	16.48	16.20	15.81	15.62	15.43	14.87

Schools

Grace B Luhrs Univ Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	Shippensburg University, Shippensburg PA 17257
James Burd Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	600 Brad St, Shippensburg PA 17257
Nancy Grayson Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	301 Lurgan Ave, Shippensburg PA 17257
Shippensburg Area Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	101 Park Place, Shippensburg PA 17257
Shippensburg Area Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	201 Eberly Dr, Shippensburg PA 17257
Shippensburg Intrm School	Grade 4 to Grade 5	601 Hollar Ave, Shippensburg PA 17257

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.6%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.9%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.3%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.9%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.7%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.6%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.1%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.9%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.5%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.3%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.1%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	40.6%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.5%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.2%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.3%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.5%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	22.2%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.4%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.3%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.8%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.6%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.5%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.4%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68.6%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	64.5%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.2%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	69.5%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.1%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.3%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60.3%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.3%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.5%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.2%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.4%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.8%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.9%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.7%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.8%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.6%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.5%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.8%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.2%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.9%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.2%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.2%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.5%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.2%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.2%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.6%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.7%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.5%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.6%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.3%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.7%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.2%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.4%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.4%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.9%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.9%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.5%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.1%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.9%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.9%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.4%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.8%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.7%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.9%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	30.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	55.4%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	60.8%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$42,091,000	$12,239		$42,559,000	$12,444		$40,687,000	$11,967
Federal:	$1,545,000	$449	3.7%	$3,468,000	$1,014	8.1%	$2,964,000	$872	7.3%
State:	$16,049,000	$4,667	38.1%	$14,902,000	$4,357	35.0%	$14,700,000	$4,324	36.1%
Local:	$24,497,000	$7,123	58.2%	$24,189,000	$7,073	56.8%	$23,023,000	$6,771	56.6%
Total Expenditures:	$40,296,000	$11,717		$40,062,000	$11,714		$38,485,000	$11,319
Total Current Expenditures:	$33,120,000	$9,631		$33,563,000	$9,814		$33,033,000	$9,716
Instructional Expenditures:	$21,754,000	$6,326	65.7%	$21,858,000	$6,391	65.1%	$21,580,000	$6,347	65.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,894,000	$842	8.7%	$2,966,000	$867	8.8%	$2,853,000	$839	8.6%
Administration:	$2,958,000	$860	8.9%	$2,882,000	$843	8.6%	$2,830,000	$832	8.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,514,000	$1,603	16.6%	$5,857,000	$1,713	17.5%	$5,770,000	$1,697	17.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,964,000	$571		$1,490,000	$436		$408,000	$120
Construction:	$1,811,000	$527		$1,346,000	$394		$0	$0
Total Other:	$30,000	$9		$55,000	$16		$43,000	$13
Interest on Debt:	$1,207,000	$351		$974,000	$285		$1,350,000	$397

Total Salary:	$19,666,000	$5,719		$19,940,000	$5,830		$19,541,000	$5,747
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$14,890,000	$4,330	75.7%	$15,063,000	$4,404	75.5%	$14,766,000	$4,343	75.6%
Other Salary:	$4,776,000	$1,389	24.3%	$4,877,000	$1,426	24.5%	$4,775,000	$1,404	24.4%
Total Benefit:	$7,853,000	$2,284		$7,438,000	$2,175		$6,820,000	$2,006
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,723,000	$1,664	72.9%	$5,463,000	$1,597	73.4%	$5,029,000	$1,479	73.7%
Other Benefit:	$2,130,000	$619	27.1%	$1,975,000	$577	26.6%	$1,791,000	$527	26.3%

* Shippensburg Area School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.