NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Gettysburg, PA

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7 public K-12 schools in Gettysburg from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
2,979
Students
47.2/100
Avg Resource Index
14.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Gettysburg has more public-school enrollment than 28% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Gettysburg Area Hs enrolls 35.9% of Gettysburg's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Gettysburg's 7 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Gettysburg lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 5 to 1,069 students, a 214-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 72%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
79th percentile
Teacher staffing
66th percentile

Gettysburg Area Hs accounts for 35.9% of all Gettysburg public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Gettysburg-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Gettysburg school enrollment varies 214× across entities

Gettysburg school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 1,069 students (highest), a spread of 1,064 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Gettysburg student-teacher ratio is 14.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Gettysburg is typically wider than the Gettysburg-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Gettysburg's 7 listed schools are charters

29% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. James Gettys El Sch 59
2. Lincoln El Sch 48
3. Vida Cs 48
4. Gettysburg Area Ms 44
5. Gettysburg Area Hs 43
6. Gettysburg Montessori Cs 41
7. Adams County Technical Institute -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Gettysburg

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Vida Cs 56.0/100
  2. 2 James Gettys El Sch 50.2/100
  3. 3 Gettysburg Area Hs 45.6/100
  4. 4 Gettysburg Area Ms 44.1/100
  5. 5 Lincoln El Sch 41.2/100

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Which Gettysburg school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

James Gettys El Sch has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Gettysburg schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Gettysburg, PA? ▼

Gettysburg has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,979 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.