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Schools in Gardners

Gardners’s public schools

Upper Adams School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Gardners. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Pennsylvania’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
59%
2021–22
Math proficiency
38%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.1K
▼ 17% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.6
PA 13.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,198 students on the public path
In brief

Gardners’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Gardners’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Biglerville El Sch places highest (better than 63%); Upper Adams MS lowest (27%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Gardners, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–3Biglerville El Schin BiglervilleB
7–8Upper Adams MSin BiglervilleC
9–12Biglerville HSin BiglervilleB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Upper Adams School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Upper Adams School DistrictGrades K–12 · 4 schools · 1,559 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 11.6 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$18,075PA $21,758 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading59%
State average 55.1% · 844 students tested
Math38%
State average 36.1% · 785 students tested

Gardners vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share Gardners’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Gardners—Upper Adams
TyroneB+Upper Adams K–12 · Conewago Valley K–12
HuntingtonB+Bermudian Springs
MenallenBUpper Adams

2 of the 3 neighbors share Upper Adams with Gardners, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Gardners

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Pennsylvania’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Gardnersin other towns
Biglerville El Sch
Elementary · Grades K–3 · Biglerville
B
421 students13:1Rate it →
Upper Adams MS
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Biglerville
C
242 students14:1Rate it →
Biglerville HS
High · Grades 9–12 · Biglerville
B−
535 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Gardners’s schools

Are Gardners’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Gardners. Upper Adams School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Gardners. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Gardners in?

Upper Adams School District.

Where do Gardners kids go to high school?

Biglerville HS.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.