Enrollment
271
Middle
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMBRIA HEIGHTS SD·NCES 420474001199
Cambria Heights Middle School
414 Glendale Lake Rd, Patton, PA 16668 · (814) 674-6290 · Cambria County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
152 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 84 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 102 | 38% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cambria Heights Middle School→Cambria Heights SHS
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.5pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.8% | 39.0% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cambria Heights Middle School
Cambria Heights Middle School's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambria Heights Middle School this school | 271 | 56.1% | 53.8% |
| Riverside Middle School Ellwood City | 307 | 55.4% | 55.0% |
| Frazier Middle School Perryopolis | 221 | 56.1% | 36.4% |
| Newport Middle School Newport | 228 | 54.8% | 39.4% |
| Sharpsville Area Middle School Sharpsville | 217 | 54.4% | 48.8% |
| McGuffey Middle School Claysville | 342 | 51.8% | 45.5% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cambria Heights Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #167 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #253 of 513 ▼ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #137 of 513 ▼ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #447 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #22 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.3% | #469 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #213 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #186 of 332 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
271
-54 (-17%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 271 | 27.5 | 9.8:1 | 56% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 28.4 | 10.0:1 | 54% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 26.3 | 11.6:1 | 49% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 23 | 14.1:1 | 47% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 24.7 | 12.1:1 | 42% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 38% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 24 | 13.2:1 | 27% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 23 | 17.2:1 | 30% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 386 | 20 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cambria Heights Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (298 to 271); teachers up 11% (24.7 to 27.5).
About Cambria Heights Middle School
Cambria Heights Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Patton, Pennsylvania. It has an enrollment of 271 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 594.
Cambria Heights Middle School is a school in Cambria Heights SD. The district has 3 schools and 1,223 students.
White students account for 95% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 9%.
Cambria Heights Middle School has 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 9.8:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is 13.2:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 56% at Cambria Heights Middle School. That is 17 points below the 73% average for public schools in Cambria County.
Cambria Heights Middle School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 72% of Pennsylvania public middle schools.
A school with Cambria Heights Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 53.6%. Cambria Heights Middle School scores 53.8%, within a point of that line.
Census data for Cambria County show the median household earns about $58,418 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Cambria Heights Middle School, Cambria County has 37 public schools.
Cambria Heights SHS is the nearest public school to Cambria Heights Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 53.8% is above the 52.3% average for nearby schools.
Cambria Heights Middle School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Cambria Heights Middle School had a net loss of 54 students, or 17%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.1:1 to 9.8:1 over the same years.
The allk12 page for Cambria Heights Middle School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Cambria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,538
Census ACS
Median income
$58,418
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
15,789 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cambria Heights SD
- Cambria Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Cambria Heights SHSHigh · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Cambria Heights SHS0.1 mi · 419
- Cambria Heights Elementary School4.5 mi · 533
- Glendale JSHS6.6 mi · 340
- Glendale Elementary School6.6 mi · 304
- Northern Cambria High School8.0 mi · 262
- Northern Cambria Elementary School8.5 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About Cambria Heights Middle SchoolHow large is Cambria Heights Middle School?
Cambria Heights Middle School enrolls approximately 271 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cambria Heights Middle School serve?
Cambria Heights Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cambria Heights Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cambria Heights Middle School is approximately 9.8:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cambria Heights Middle School?
Cambria Heights Middle School reports a student body of 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Cambria Heights Middle School?
Cambria Heights Middle School is overseen by Cambria Heights SD in Cambria County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.