Shirley Township Elementary School

Mount Union is a small, tight-knit borough tucked into the Juniata River valley in central Pennsylvania, where the pace of life is quiet and community ties run deep. Shirley Township Elementary serves families in the surrounding rural and small-town area, and while its academic scores tend to fall in the lower range statewide, it's the kind of place where everyone knows your child's name and the school is a genuine anchor of the community. Families drawn to a slower, more rural lifestyle — with the Rothrock State Forest and the Raystown Lake region right in their backyard — will find a close community here, even if they may want to be proactive about supplementing academics at home.