Forbes Road JSHS

Forbes Road JSHS is a senior high of one-room-style scale in Waterfall, Pennsylvania, run under Forbes Road SD, works with 158 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Forbes Road JSHS sits 79% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Forbes Road SD (377 students total), Forbes Road JSHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Forbes Road JSHS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Forbes Road JSHS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Fulton County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $65,836 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Forbes Road JSHS is one of 8 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 1,958 students).

Forbes Road El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Forbes Road JSHS at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Forbes Road JSHS has changed only slightly, going from 160 students in 2018 to 158 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 99% to 94%. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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