Chambersburg Area MS - South
Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Chambersburg Area MS - South in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania enrolled 1,025 students in 2024-25 with 65.0 full-time teachers, 15.8 students per teacher against the Pennsylvania middle-school median of 12.8. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 58% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 31% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Pennsylvania: 54% and 38.1%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 3% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 2%
1,054 students in 2022-23, 1,074 students in 2023-24, 1,025 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 64.0 to 65.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,054 | 64.0 | 16.5 |
| 2023-24 | 1,074 | 68.0 | 15.8 |
| 2024-25 | 1,025 | 65.0 | 15.8 |
15.8 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 89 of every 100 Pennsylvania middle schools
Among the 513 Pennsylvania middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 12.8; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 340 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Chambersburg Area MS - South enrolled 1,019 students and had 3.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 108 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)3.0, one per 340 of the 1,019 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions108
- Chronically absent16.5% (2022-23)
Who attends
50.5% of students were White, 30.4% Hispanic, 10.0% Black in 2024-25.
- White50.5%
- Hispanic30.4%
- Black10.0%
- Two or more races6.5%
- Asian2.1%
- Pacific Islander0.2%
- American Indian0.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Chambersburg Area MS - South scored proficient or above: 58% in reading in 2021-22 and 31% in math in 2022-23, against 54% in reading in 2021-22 and 38.1% in math in 2022-23 across Pennsylvania. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Pennsylvania, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 58% | 55% | 54% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 31% | 31% (2021-22) | 38.1% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Middle schools in Chambersburg
2 public middle schools in Chambersburg report 2024-25 enrollment; Chambersburg Area MS - South is number 2 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chambersburg Area MS - North | 1,072 | 17.6 | 57.6% |
| Chambersburg Area MS - South | 1,025 | 15.8 | 68.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Chambersburg Area MS - South
- Chambersburg Area MS - NorthThe nearest public middle school, 2.2 miles away: 1,072 students, 17.6 per teacher (2024-25).2.2 mi
- Shippensburg Area Middle SchoolThe next nearest public middle school, 9.7 miles away: 851 students, 14.4 per teacher (2024-25).9.7 mi
- Compare Chambersburg Area MS - South with Chambersburg Area MS - NorthStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Chambersburg Area SD spends per student$14,878 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,878
- The largest public schools in PennsylvaniaChambersburg Area MS - South is the number 47 by size of 513 Pennsylvania middle schools open in 2024-25.#47 of 513
- Pennsylvania schools by students per teacher15.8 students per teacher here against the Pennsylvania median of 12.8 for middle schools.15.8:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Chambersburg Area MS - South
How many students attend Chambersburg Area MS - South?
1,025 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,054 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Chambersburg, PA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Chambersburg Area MS - South?
15.8 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Pennsylvania median for middle schools is 12.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Chambersburg Area MS - South a Title I school?
Chambersburg Area MS - South ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Chambersburg Area MS - South do on state tests?
The students tested at Chambersburg Area MS - South scored proficient or above: 58% in reading in 2021-22 and 31% in math in 2022-23, against 54% in reading in 2021-22 and 38.1% in math in 2022-23 across Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Chambersburg Area MS - South in?
Chambersburg Area SD, NCES district ID 4205550. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 420555006615 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.