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Glendale JSHS

1466 Beaver Valley Rd, Flinton, PA 16640 · (814) 687-4261 · Cambria County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Pennsylvania public high schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ABeats 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

Enrollment
340
High
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 738
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
102%
346 students
DISTRICT 104% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 75516%
Grade 85316%
Grade 94814%
Grade 105917%
Grade 117021%
Grade 125516%
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
33097%
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
31%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
16147%
Female
17953%

School pathway

Feeds from
Glendale Elementary SchoolKG–06
Based on grade levels within Glendale SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or Advanced
English Language Arts
48.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -14.6pp since 2023
Math
22.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -8.7pp since 2023

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.

PSSA + Keystone results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2548.6%22.9%
2023-2463.2%31.6%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →

Where Glendale JSHS ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn PennsylvaniaIn Cambria County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
48.4%#332 of 576#7 of 10
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
22.9%#479 of 626
▼ 97
#12 of 13
▼ 3
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
48.6%#432 of 626
▼ 147
#8 of 13
▼ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
340#527 of 713#8 of 15
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.7:1#49 of 601#1 of 13
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
5.8%#584 of 604#12 of 13
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
102%#79 of 619#2 of 11
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-10.8%#161 of 373#5 of 13
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 2024-25
Enrollment
340
-36 (-10%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 8.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2534031.710.7:1N/A
2023-2434633.110.4:1100% (346)
2022-2334036.29.4:191% (308)
2020-21376468.2:137% (138)
2017-1838132.211.8:147% (179)
2015-163783112.2:153% (201)
2010-113873710.5:153% (206)
2000-014353412.8:148% (207)
1990-914903613.6:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glendale JSHS.

Since 2017-18: students down 11% (381 to 340); teachers down 2% (32.2 to 31.7).

About Glendale JSHS

Glendale JSHS is a public small high school in Flinton, Pennsylvania. The school covers grades 7 through 12 and reported 340 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 54% below the 738-student average for high schools in Pennsylvania.

In Glendale SD, 2 schools enroll a combined 644 students.

Glendale JSHS is 97% White by enrollment. The diversity index for Glendale JSHS is 6%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Glendale JSHS has a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1, with 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1.

Among Pennsylvania public high schools, Glendale JSHS outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.

On BeatsExpectations, Glendale JSHS is 14.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools.

In the wider Cambria County area, the median household earns about $58,418 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Glendale JSHS shares Cambria County with 36 other public schools.

Glendale Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Glendale JSHS places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

Under the NCES locale system, Glendale JSHS is Rural: Distant.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 376 to 340, a 10% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 8.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.7:1.

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Cambria County at a glance

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Population
131,538
Census ACS
Median income
$58,418
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
15,789 students

Quick facts

School name
Glendale JSHS
District
Glendale SD
Address
1466 Beaver Valley Rd, Flinton, PA 16640
Phone
(814) 687-4261
County
Cambria County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
340
Teachers (FTE)
32
Student–teacher ratio
10.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
346 (102%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
421083005219
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Glendale JSHS
How many students attend Glendale JSHS?
Glendale JSHS enrolls approximately 340 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Glendale JSHS serve?
Glendale JSHS serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Glendale JSHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Glendale JSHS is approximately 10.7:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Glendale JSHS?
Student demographics at Glendale JSHS are roughly 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Glendale JSHS?
Glendale JSHS is overseen by Glendale SD in Cambria County.
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