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How has Cambria Heights SHS changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
419
High
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMBRIA HEIGHTS SD·NCES 420474005212
Cambria Heights SHS
426 Glendale Lake Rd, Patton, PA 16668 · (814) 674-3601 · Cambria County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
217 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 99 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 100 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 102 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 118 | 28% |
Student demographics
7%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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cambria Heights SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.6pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.4% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 SHS
Cambria Heights SHS's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambria Heights SHS this school | 419 | 51.8% | 62.2% |
| Jefferson-Morgan MS/HS Jefferson | 383 | 52.0% | 41.3% |
| Lakeview Middle-HS Stoneboro | 452 | 52.9% | 49.1% |
| Lackawanna Trail JSHS Factoryville | 427 | 49.9% | 53.1% |
| Homer-Center JSHS Homer City | 392 | 50.5% | 61.7% |
| Seneca High School Erie | 383 | 51.2% | 71.3% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cambria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #138 of 576 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #199 of 626 ▼ 83 | #5 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #138 of 626 ▼ 65 | #3 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #472 of 713 | #7 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #135 of 601 | #6 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.5% | #576 of 604 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #332 of 619 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #210 of 373 | #6 of 13 |
Ranked against other public high 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
419
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 774
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 419 | 34.6 | 12.1:1 | 52% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 34.5 | 12.6:1 | 50% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 33.3 | 13.1:1 | 31% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 27% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 33.1 | 13.8:1 | 24% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 32% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 525 | 37 | 14.2:1 | 28% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 34% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 774 | 43 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cambria Heights SHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (459 to 419); teachers up 4% (33.1 to 34.6).
About Cambria Heights SHS
Cambria Heights SHS is a low-enrollment high school serving families in Patton, Pennsylvania. It educates 419 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738 students.
The Cambria Heights SD system has 3 schools and 1,223 students.
Federal enrollment data show Cambria Heights SHS is 97% White. The school's diversity index is 7%, meaning two students picked at random have a 7% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.1 students per teacher. That matches the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 52%. The average for public schools in Cambria County is 73%.
The allk12 Grade for Cambria Heights SHS is A-. Compared with Pennsylvania public high schools, the school scored higher than 80% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 62.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 55.4%.
Cambria County has about 131,538 residents, and the median household income is $58,418, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides Cambria Heights SHS, Cambria County has 36 other public schools.
The closest public school to Cambria Heights SHS is Cambria Heights Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Cambria Heights SHS is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 51.4%, lower than Cambria Heights SHS's 62.2%.
The NCES locale for Cambria Heights SHS is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Cambria Heights SHS declined 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 434 to 419 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.1:1.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Cambria Heights SHS, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Middle SchoolMiddle · 271 students
Nearby schools
- Cambria Heights Middle School0.1 mi · 271
- Cambria Heights Elementary School4.5 mi · 533
- Glendale JSHS6.5 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 SHSWhat is the total enrollment at Cambria Heights SHS?
Cambria Heights SHS enrolls approximately 419 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Cambria Heights SHS serve?
Cambria Heights SHS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cambria Heights SHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cambria Heights SHS is approximately 12.1:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cambria Heights SHS?
Student demographics at Cambria Heights SHS are roughly 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is Cambria Heights SHS in?
Cambria Heights SHS is part of Cambria Heights SD.
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