Summary:
The 17244 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Lurgan Elementary School, which serves grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 118 students. While the school's student population is predominantly White (94.07%), it serves a community with significant economic challenges, as evidenced by the 100% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.
Academically, Lurgan Elementary School has a mixed performance compared to the Chambersburg Area School District and the state of Pennsylvania. The school's strongest subject is Science, where its proficiency rate of 88.9% exceeds both the district (68.9%) and state (65.6%) averages. However, in Math (45.8% vs. 37% and 39.3%) and English Language Arts (40.7% vs. 54.2% and 53.8%), the school's performance falls below the district and state levels. Despite these academic challenges, Lurgan Elementary School benefits from a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.7 to 1 and higher-than-average spending per student of $16,981.
Overall, while Lurgan Elementary School faces some academic and economic hurdles, the school's small class sizes and higher funding per student suggest potential opportunities for targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes and address areas of weakness, particularly in Math and English Language Arts, while building on the school's strengths in Science.
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