Central Cambria HS

Central Cambria HS, a compact four-year high school in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Central Cambria SD, enrolls 509 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 31% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Central Cambria HS is one of 4 schools operated by Central Cambria SD, a district that serves 1,503 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Central Cambria HS logs that nearly all students (96%) are White.

On the resource side, Central Cambria HS shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Central Cambria HS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cambria County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Central Cambria HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.8%, the actual is 54.4%, a residual of -6.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cambria County) shows that median household earnings sit near $58,418, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Central Cambria HS is one of 37 public schools in Cambria County (combined enrollment of about 15,789 students).

Nearest neighbor: Central Cambria MS, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Central Cambria HS at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 54.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Central Cambria HS has ticked down 5%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 509 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.