Cranberry Area JSHS

Cranberry Area JSHS is one of the modestly sized secondary schools in Seneca, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Cranberry Area SD, with 563 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 24% smaller than the state mean of about 738.

Cranberry Area SD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 1,144 students; Cranberry Area JSHS is among them.

In terms of who attends, Cranberry Area JSHS records that nearly all students (96%) are White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Venango County's rate of about 90%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cranberry Area JSHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.1%; this one delivers 42.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Venango County put the typical household earns roughly $61,522 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Cranberry Area JSHS is one of 15 public schools in Venango County (combined enrollment of about 5,704 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cranberry El Sch, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cranberry Area JSHS at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 48.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cranberry Area JSHS has increased 7%, going from 524 students in 2018 to 563 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.