📍 101 Park Place, Shippensburg, Franklin County, 17257
Shippensburg Area MS is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Shippensburg, Franklin County. The school has 786 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Shippensburg Area SD school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 54.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 49% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Shippensburg Area MS enrolls 786 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 54.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% White, 9.2% Hispanic or Latino and 5.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 599 | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 72 | 9.2% |
| Black or African American | 46 | 5.9% |
| Asian | 40 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 2.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
431 of the school's 786 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 402 qualify for free lunch and 29 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Shippensburg Area MS is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district PA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 33, state house district 89.
Shippensburg Area MS is one of 6 schools in Shippensburg Area SD, based in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The district serves 3,638 students district-wide and employs 224 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 786 students, Shippensburg Area MS is larger than the district average of about 606 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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