The Shippensburg Area School District is a midsized, suburban, public school district in Franklin County, Pennsylvania and Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It is centered on the borough of Shippensburg and also serves Newburg, Hopewell Township, Shippensburg Township, and Southampton Township in Cumberland County and the adjacent and similarly named but independently governed Southampton Township along with Orrstown in Franklin County. Shippensburg Area School District encompasses approximately 121 square miles (310 km2). According to 2000 federal census data it serves a resident population of 23,714 people. By 2010, the District's population increased to 28,243 people. In 2009, the District residents’ per capita income was $15,113, while the median family income was $45,273. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.

In school year 2007-08, Shippensburg Area School District provided basic educational services to 3,464 pupils. The District employed: 235 teachers, 203 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 19 administrators. Shippensburg Area School District received more than $13.8 million in state funding in school year 2007-08. In school year 2009-10, the SASD had 3,470 pupils enrolled. The District employed: 239 teachers, 193 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 19 administrators.

The District partners with Shippensburg University in developing its academic programs of study and continuing education for the teachers.