Enrollment
347
Middle
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL CAMBRIA SD·NCES 420534001202
Central Cambria Middle School
206 Schoolhouse Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931 · (814) 472-6505 · Cambria County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% 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
13.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
149 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 | 111 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 125 | 36% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Central Cambria Middle School→Central Cambria High School
Feeds from
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
47.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.6% | 47.1% |
| 2023-24 | 62.9% | 50.1% |
% 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Central Cambria Middle School
Central Cambria Middle School's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Cambria Middle School this school | 347 | 42.9% | 57.1% |
| Deer Lakes Middle School Cheswick | 383 | 45.4% | 50.7% |
| Mount Pleasant Area Junior High School Mount Pleasant | 290 | 42.8% | 44.7% |
| Bellwood Antis Middle School Bellwood | 332 | 47.6% | 49.0% |
| Charles A Huston Middle School Lower Burrell | 399 | 42.6% | 35.3% |
| Southern Columbia Middle School Catawissa | 367 | 38.1% | 60.7% |
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 Central Cambria Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #129 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #143 of 513 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #161 of 513 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #402 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #298 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.2% | #480 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #322 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #87 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
347
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 545
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 347 | 25.6 | 13.6:1 | 43% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 28.7 | 12.8:1 | 41% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 39% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 37% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 30 | 13.8:1 | 37% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 40% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 402 | 25 | 16.1:1 | 38% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 29 | 16.5:1 | 32% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 545 | 28 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Cambria Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (414 to 347); teachers down 15% (30 to 25.6).
About Central Cambria Middle School
Central Cambria Middle School is a middle school with a street address in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 347 students. Statewide, middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students each.
The 4 schools of Central Cambria SD, including Central Cambria Middle School, enroll 1,503 students.
The large majority of students at Central Cambria Middle School, 97%, are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Central Cambria Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 6%.
With 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Central Cambria Middle School was 13.6:1. Across middle schools in Pennsylvania, the average ratio is about 13.2:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 43%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cambria County is 73%.
allk12 grades Central Cambria Middle School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Central Cambria Middle School is 2.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.
Within Cambria County, median household income is about $58,418, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 37 public schools in Cambria County, with a combined enrollment of about 15,789.
The shortest distance from Central Cambria Middle School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Central Cambria High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Central Cambria Middle School ranks 3rd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
The number of students declined from 366 to 347 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Central Cambria SD
- Cambria Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Central Cambria High SchoolHigh · 509 students
- Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · 105 students
Other schools in Ebensburg
- Cambria Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Central Cambria High SchoolHigh · 509 students
- Admiral Peary Area Vocational-Technical SchoolHigh · 24 students
Nearby schools
- Central Cambria High School0.0 mi · 509
- Cambria Elementary School0.2 mi · 542
- Admiral Peary Area Vocational-Technical School0.2 mi · 24
- Blacklick Valley El Center4.9 mi · 316
- Blacklick Valley JSHS5.0 mi · 268
- Jackson Elementary School6.3 mi · 105
Frequently asked questions
About Central Cambria Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Central Cambria Middle School?
Central Cambria Middle School enrolls approximately 347 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Central Cambria Middle School serve?
Central Cambria Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Central Cambria Middle School have?
Central Cambria Middle School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Central Cambria Middle School?
Student demographics at Central Cambria Middle School are roughly 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Central Cambria Middle School in?
Central Cambria Middle School is part of Central Cambria SD.
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