Forest Hills El Sch

Forest Hills El Sch is a sizable elementary campus in Sidman, Pennsylvania, run under Forest Hills SD. The school enrolls 994 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Forest Hills El Sch sits 124% larger than that benchmark.

Forest Hills SD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,792 students. Forest Hills El Sch is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Forest Hills El Sch lists that nearly all students (96%) are White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Forest Hills El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cambria County (around 73%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Forest Hills El Sch ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 35.9%; Forest Hills El Sch posts 59.8%, +23.8 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cambria County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $58,418 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Forest Hills El Sch is one of 37 public schools in Cambria County (combined enrollment of about 15,789 students).

Nearest neighbor: Forest Hills JSHS, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Forest Hills El Sch comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 63.1%.

Forest Hills El Sch operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Forest Hills El Sch has fell 3%, going from 1,022 students in 2018 to 994 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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