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Chambersburg Area School District

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Chambersburg Area School District is located in south Pennsylvania. Chambersburg Area School District has 249.03 square miles of land area and 0.28 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Chambersburg Area School District population is 67,434. Chambersburg Area School District median household income is $52,263 in 2010-2014. Chambersburg Area School District median house value is $178,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Chambersburg Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (332 out of 496, bottom 33%) Elementary/Middle School: (441 out of 498, bottom 11%)* Rank: #403
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	17
Population	67,434 (2010-2014), rank #20
Population Growth	10.92% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	270.48/sq mi, rank #270
Median Household Income:	$52,263 at 2010-2014—6.27% increase since 2005-2009, rank #230
Median House Price:	$178,100 at 2010-2014—7.10% increase since 2005-2009, rank #136
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	249.03 sq mi, rank #37
Water Area:	0.28 sq mi (0.11%), rank #311
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Franklin County
City:	Newburg, Orrstown, Shippensburg, Roxbury, Pleasant Hall, Chambersburg, Upperstrasburg, Fayetteville, Waynesboro, Marion, Guilford, Scotland
Zip:	17240, 17244, 17257, 17251, 17246, 17202, 17265, 17201, 17222, 17268, 17235, 17254
Area:	Chambersburg, PA

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Chambersburg Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

435 Stanley Ave

Chambersburg PA, 17201, Franklin County

Phone: 717-263-9281

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	8,895	8,856	8,667	8,523	8,485	8,633	8,736
English Language Learner Students:	464	439	403	369	365	369	366
Total Teachers:	540.80	530.80	520.60	521.40	544.70	550.80	539.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	30.00	27.00	20.50
Elementary:	241.21	245.94	237.40	237.03	256.99	263.60	259.20
Secondary:	228.32	221.59	222.04	220.89	235.63	240.80	237.90
Ungraded:	39.27	31.27	29.16	31.48	22.08	19.40	21.40
Total Other Staff:	485.20	554.10	547.80	546.40	509.20	520.70	500.50
Instructional Aides:	108.00	109.00	109.00	104.00	117.50	121.50	117.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	10.00	10.00	11.00	12.00	16.00	13.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	22.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	23.00	24.00	24.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	8.00	8.00	8.00	9.00	9.00	10.00	10.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	14.00	14.00	14.00	13.00	14.00	14.00	14.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	12.00	12.00	11.00	11.00	13.00	13.00	11.00
Library/Media Support:	20.00	17.00	17.00	18.00	18.00	17.00	19.00
District Administrators:	NA	8.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	8.00	7.00
District Administrative Support:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	36.20	38.70	32.40	38.40	35.20	32.20	34.50
School Administrative Support:	77.00	71.00	71.00	82.00	80.50	73.50	66.00
Student Support Services:	NA	21.40	23.40	23.00	24.00	25.00	26.00
Other Support Services:	210.00	245.00	245.00	230.00	180.00	190.50	183.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.45	16.68	16.65	16.35	15.58	15.67	16.21

Schools

Benjamin Chambers Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	481 North Franklin St, Chambersburg PA 17201
Buchanan Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	730 East Washington St, Chambersburg PA 17201
Chambersburg Area Career Magnet School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	2459 Loop Rd, Chambersburg PA 17202
Chambersburg Area Ms - North	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1957 Scotland Ave, Chambersburg PA 17201
Chambersburg Area Ms - South	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1151 East Mckinley St, Chambersburg PA 17201
Chambersburg Area Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	511 South 6th St, Chambersburg PA 17201
Falling Spring Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1006 Falling Spring Rd, Chambersburg PA 17201
Fayetteville Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	8 East Main St, Fayetteville PA 17222
Grandview Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	5538 Cumberland Hwy, Chambersburg PA 17201
Guilford Hills Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	2105 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg PA 17201
Hamilton Heights Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1589 Johnson Rd, Chambersburg PA 17201
Lurgan Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	8888 Roxbury Rd, Lurgan PA 17232
Marion Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	145 Colorado St, Marion PA 17235
New Franklin Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	3584 Wayne Rd, Chambersburg PA 17201
Scotland Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	3832 Scotland Main St, Chambersburg PA 17202
South Hamilton Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1019 Warm Spring Rd, Chambersburg PA 17201
Stevens Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	800 Hollywell Ave, Chambersburg PA 17201

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.8%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.2%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.8%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.1%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.9%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.3%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.7%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.1%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.8%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.8%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.5%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.9%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32.3%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.4%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34.6%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34.4%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	69.2%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.4%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.8%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.7%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.5%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71.6%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.2%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.6%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.3%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.8%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.9%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.6%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.9%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.8%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.1%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81.2%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.6%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.2%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.2%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.7%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	39.5%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	37.9%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	45.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46.2%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.6%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.2%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.9%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.7%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.3%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.3%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.7%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.5%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.5%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.3%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.3%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.9%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.9%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.5%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.3%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.7%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.3%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.7%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.4%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.1%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.3%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.6%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.9%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.3%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.8%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.6%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.7%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.5%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.6%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.8%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$111,683,000	$12,886		$111,724,000	$13,109		$107,690,000	$12,692
Federal:	$7,182,000	$829	6.4%	$8,965,000	$1,052	8.0%	$8,127,000	$958	7.5%
State:	$33,165,000	$3,827	29.7%	$31,842,000	$3,736	28.5%	$32,213,000	$3,796	29.9%
Local:	$71,336,000	$8,231	63.9%	$70,917,000	$8,321	63.5%	$67,350,000	$7,938	62.5%
Total Expenditures:	$112,733,000	$13,007		$113,569,000	$13,325		$125,159,000	$14,751
Total Current Expenditures:	$87,142,000	$10,054		$85,223,000	$9,999		$85,660,000	$10,095
Instructional Expenditures:	$54,200,000	$6,254	62.2%	$53,207,000	$6,243	62.4%	$54,340,000	$6,404	63.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$6,936,000	$800	8.0%	$7,003,000	$822	8.2%	$7,172,000	$845	8.4%
Administration:	$9,013,000	$1,040	10.3%	$8,538,000	$1,002	10.0%	$8,553,000	$1,008	10.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$16,993,000	$1,961	19.5%	$16,475,000	$1,933	19.3%	$15,595,000	$1,838	18.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$9,684,000	$1,117		$13,061,000	$1,532		$22,571,000	$2,660
Construction:	$8,849,000	$1,021		$12,507,000	$1,467		$22,104,000	$2,605
Total Other:	$732,000	$84		$1,149,000	$135		$1,399,000	$165
Interest on Debt:	$6,554,000	$756		$6,449,000	$757		$5,541,000	$653

Total Salary:	$47,483,000	$5,479		$46,941,000	$5,508		$49,088,000	$5,785
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$34,089,000	$3,933	71.8%	$33,947,000	$3,983	72.3%	$35,933,000	$4,235	73.2%
Other Salary:	$13,394,000	$1,545	28.2%	$12,994,000	$1,525	27.7%	$13,155,000	$1,550	26.8%
Total Benefit:	$19,402,000	$2,239		$18,206,000	$2,136		$18,057,000	$2,128
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$13,355,000	$1,541	68.8%	$12,688,000	$1,489	69.7%	$12,528,000	$1,476	69.4%
Other Benefit:	$6,047,000	$698	31.2%	$5,518,000	$647	30.3%	$5,529,000	$652	30.6%

* Chambersburg 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.