East Forest JSHS

East Forest JSHS is a high school of one-room-style scale in Marienville, Pennsylvania, part of Forest Area SD, teacheing 58 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 92% leaner than the state mean of about 738.

Within Forest Area SD, which oversees 4 schools and 326 students, East Forest JSHS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, East Forest JSHS shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, East Forest JSHS has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 110% of students at East Forest JSHS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Forest County put the typical household earns roughly $52,191 per year, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. East Forest JSHS is one of 4 public schools in Forest County (combined enrollment of about 326 students).

East Forest El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 33%: 87 students in 2018 compared to 58 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 0% to 5% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 5.8:1 today.

On this page, the feed for East Forest JSHS typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.