Summary:
The Shippensburg, Pennsylvania area is home to 6 schools, including 4 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school, all part of the Shippensburg Area School District. The district is ranked 297 out of 606 school districts in Pennsylvania and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Grace B Luhrs University Elementary School, a public magnet school, stands out with the highest test scores across the board, including 54.6% proficiency in math and 48.5% proficiency in English Language Arts. James Burd Elementary School also excels, with the highest math proficiency rates at 51.8%, compared to the district average of 40.2% and the state average of 41.7%. Meanwhile, Shippensburg Area Middle School struggles to meet state averages in math, indicating an area for improvement within the district.
The schools in the Shippensburg area show a mix of performance, with some, like Shippensburg Area Senior High School, maintaining a graduation rate slightly above the state average at 87.9%, and others, like Nancy Grayson Elementary School and Shippensburg Area Intrm School, with more mixed results on state assessments. The district's diverse socioeconomic makeup, as evidenced by the wide range in free/reduced lunch rates, may be a factor in the schools' varying performance levels.
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