Enrollment
266
High
DISTRICT 238 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYSBURG-KIMMEL SD·NCES 420612000921
Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School
531 Bedford St, Claysburg, PA 16625 · (814) 239-5141 · Blair County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
244 students
DISTRICT 103% · 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 9 | 74 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 61 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 70 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 61 | 23% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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 Claysburg-Kimmel SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
42.6%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.7% | 42.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.1% | 42.1% |
% 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School
Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School this school | 266 | 91.7% | 50.3% |
| Sullivan Co JSHS Laporte | 314 | 89.5% | 41.6% |
| Union City High School Union City | 304 | 96.4% | 46.7% |
| Carmichaels Area High School Carmichaels | 293 | 96.6% | 41.6% |
| Commodore Perry JSHS Hadley | 202 | 93.6% | 48.4% |
| Windber Area High School Windber | 337 | 95.5% | 61.9% |
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 Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Blair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #296 of 576 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #269 of 626 ▼ 7 | #4 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #307 of 626 ▼ 69 | #5 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #576 of 713 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #290 of 601 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.7% | #536 of 604 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #234 of 619 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.2% | #15 of 373 | #1 of 6 |
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
266
-136 (-34%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 266 | 19.2 | 13.8:1 | 92% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 26.8 | 9.1:1 | 100% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 26.4 | 9.9:1 | 77% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 27 | 14.9:1 | 88% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 27.6 | 14.4:1 | 46% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 53% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 33 | 12.0:1 | 55% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 406 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 45% (182) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 28 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (398 to 266); teachers down 30% (27.6 to 19.2).
About Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School
Located in Claysburg, Pennsylvania, Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School is a small high school. A federal count lists 266 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738, so this school runs 64% smaller than that.
Claysburg-Kimmel SD includes 3 schools. Together they enroll 714 students.
The large majority of students at Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School, 95%, are White. Other reported shares: 2% multiracial. That is close to the 92% White share among all Blair County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 9%.
Its 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.8:1. That ratio is over the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 92%. That rate is above the 74% average among public schools in Blair County.
The allk12 Grade for Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School is B+. Compared with Pennsylvania public high schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School would score about 38.3%. It scores 50.3%, 12.0 points above that figure.
Within Blair County, median household income is about $62,382, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Blair County number 33 and enroll about 15,692.
Nearby, Claysburg-Kimmel Jr High School is less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Fringe, meaning it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School went from 402 students to 266. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.9:1 to 13.8:1.
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Blair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
121,277
Census ACS
Median income
$62,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
15,692 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Claysburg-Kimmel SD
- Claysburg-Kimmel Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Claysburg-Kimmel Jr High SchoolMiddle · 102 students
Other schools in Claysburg
- Claysburg-Kimmel Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Claysburg-Kimmel Jr High SchoolMiddle · 102 students
Nearby schools
- Claysburg-Kimmel Jr High School0.0 mi · 102
- Claysburg-Kimmel Elementary School0.9 mi · 346
- Spring Cove Middle School4.8 mi · 363
- Spring Cove Elementary School4.9 mi · 337
- Central High School6.1 mi · 504
- Martinsburg Elementary School7.1 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High SchoolHow large is Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School?
Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School enrolls approximately 266 students in grades 09-12.
Is Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School is approximately 13.8:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School?
At Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School public or private?
Claysburg-Kimmel Sr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Claysburg-Kimmel SD.
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