Enrollment
345
High
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNCREST SD·NCES 421874001629
Cambridge Springs JSHS
641 Venango Avenue, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403 · (814) 398-4631 · Crawford County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
191 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 7 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 50 | 14% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
29.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.7% | 29.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.6% | 20.6% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 Cambridge Springs JSHS
Cambridge Springs JSHS's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Springs JSHS this school | 345 | 55.4% | 45.5% |
| West Middlesex Area JSHS West Middlesex | 332 | 53.9% | 50.1% |
| Freedom Area SHS Freedom | 366 | 53.3% | 48.1% |
| Juniata Valley JSHS Alexandria | 374 | 54.0% | 42.4% |
| Forest City Regional High School Forest City | 348 | 54.9% | 50.4% |
| Northeast Bradford JSHS Rome | 313 | 51.8% | 44.6% |
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 Cambridge Springs JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #370 of 576 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #410 of 626 ▲ 78 | #5 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #223 of 626 ▲ 148 | #3 of 7 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #524 of 713 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #170 of 601 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.3% | #451 of 604 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #297 of 619 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #133 of 373 | #6 of 7 |
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
345
-59 (-15%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 345 | 27.6 | 12.5:1 | 55% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 29.4 | 12.2:1 | 53% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 30.8 | 12.0:1 | 47% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 42% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 30 | 13.1:1 | 34% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 38 | 12.7:1 | 42% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | 47 | 12.6:1 | 34% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 626 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 23% (142) |
| 1990-91 | 643 | 45 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cambridge Springs JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (394 to 345); teachers down 8% (30 to 27.6).
About Cambridge Springs JSHS
Cambridge Springs JSHS is a low-enrollment high school in Pennsylvania, with an address in Cambridge Springs. It enrolled 345 students in grades 7 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 53% lower than the average for high schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 738.
Cambridge Springs JSHS reports to Penncrest SD, which has 6 schools and 2,399 students.
About 92% of the student body at Cambridge Springs JSHS is White. Smaller groups are 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 93% White, within a few points of the school. Cambridge Springs JSHS's diversity index is 14%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 12.5:1 comes from the school's 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1. The lunch program counts 55% of students at Cambridge Springs JSHS as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Crawford County, the average eligibility rate is 79%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public high schools, Cambridge Springs JSHS receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.9% for Cambridge Springs JSHS. The school posts 45.5%, 8.4 points below the prediction.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Crawford County show that the median household income is $60,476, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Cambridge Springs JSHS, Crawford County has 25 other public schools.
The closest public school, Cambridge Springs Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Cambridge Springs JSHS. There are 7 other public schools within ten miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Cambridge Springs JSHS ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has fallen by 59 students since 2020-21, to 345.
Discussions about Cambridge Springs JSHS may include enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,716
Census ACS
Median income
$60,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
9,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Penncrest SD
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Maplewood JSHSHigh · 431 students
- Saegertown JSHSHigh · 411 students
- Saegertown Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Cambridge Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
Other schools in Cambridge Springs
- Cambridge Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
Nearby schools
- Cambridge Springs Elementary School0.1 mi · 353
- Edinboro Elementary School7.1 mi · 414
- Saegertown Elementary School7.3 mi · 405
- Saegertown JSHS7.4 mi · 411
- Mill Village Elementary School7.5 mi · 102
- James W Parker Middle School8.5 mi · 652
Frequently asked questions
About Cambridge Springs JSHSHow large is Cambridge Springs JSHS?
Cambridge Springs JSHS enrolls approximately 345 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Cambridge Springs JSHS serve?
Cambridge Springs JSHS serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Cambridge Springs JSHS have?
Cambridge Springs JSHS employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Cambridge Springs JSHS?
Student demographics at Cambridge Springs JSHS are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Cambridge Springs JSHS?
Cambridge Springs JSHS is overseen by Penncrest SD in Crawford County.
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