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Enrollment
615
Middle
DISTRICT 701 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER JOHNSTOWN SD·NCES 421095001252
Greater Johnstown Middle School
220 Messenger Street, Johnstown, PA 15902 · (814) 533-5670 · Cambria County
GRADES 05–07MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 32.0:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
631 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 221 | 36% |
| Grade 6 | 189 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 205 | 33% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 59% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Greater Johnstown Middle School→Greater Johnstown SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Greater Johnstown SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
15.9%
PA avg 51.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
6.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.9% | 6.2% |
| 2023-24 | 12.4% | 5.3% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Greater Johnstown Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #472 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.2% | #490 of 513 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #493 of 513 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #227 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #128 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #31 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #51 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #119 of 131 |
Ranked against other public middle 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 2024-25Enrollment
615
-35 (-5%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 975
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 615 | 52 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 49.5 | 12.8:1 | 100% (631) |
| 2022-23 | 660 | 52.5 | 12.6:1 | 100% (660) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 50 | 13.0:1 | 100% (647) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 100% (607) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 47 | 13.3:1 | 96% (599) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 45 | 14.0:1 | 78% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 775 | 53 | 14.6:1 | 81% (627) |
| 1990-91 | 975 | 62 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greater Johnstown Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (607 to 615); teachers up 18% (44 to 52).
About Greater Johnstown Middle School
Greater Johnstown Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Greater Johnstown SD. Classes run from 5 through 7, and the school has 615 students.
Greater Johnstown SD counts 2,805 students in its 4 schools, and Greater Johnstown Middle School is one of them.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Greater Johnstown Middle School. The largest is Black students, at 42%. Smaller groups are 32% White, 18% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cambria County is roughly 3% Black. Greater Johnstown Middle School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.8 students per teacher. That is 1.3 students per teacher below the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
The allk12 Grade for Greater Johnstown Middle School is F. Compared with Pennsylvania public middle schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Greater Johnstown Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. It scores 9.9%; the prediction is 33.6%.
In the county around the school, Cambria County, the median household income is $58,418, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Cambria County is home to 37 public schools and about 15,789 public school students.
Nearest public school: Greater Johnstown SHS, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Greater Johnstown Middle School ranks 5th of 5 nearby schools, at 9.9% versus a 36.5% average.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 35 fewer students in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.0:1 in 2020-21, and 11.8:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cambria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Greater Johnstown SD
- Greater Johnstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,133 students
- Greater Johnstown SHSHigh · 917 students
- Greater Johnstown School District's Cyber AcademyCombined · 140 students
Other schools in Johnstown
- Greater Johnstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,133 students
- Greater Johnstown SHSHigh · 917 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolElementary · 831 students
- Westmont Hilltop Elementary SchoolElementary · 749 students
- Richland High SchoolHigh · 693 students
- Westmont Hilltop JSHSHigh · 689 students
Nearby schools
- Greater Johnstown SHS0.4 mi · 917
- Greater Johnstown School District's Cyber Academy0.9 mi · 140
- Ferndale Elementary School1.2 mi · 325
- Ferndale Area JSHS1.5 mi · 284
- Westmont Hilltop Elementary School1.6 mi · 749
- Greater Johnstown Elementary School2.6 mi · 1,133
Frequently asked questions
About Greater Johnstown Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Greater Johnstown Middle School?
Greater Johnstown Middle School enrolls approximately 615 students in grades 05-07.
What age range does Greater Johnstown Middle School serve?
Greater Johnstown Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 07.
How many students per teacher at Greater Johnstown Middle School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Greater Johnstown Middle School.
How diverse is Greater Johnstown Middle School?
Greater Johnstown Middle School reports a student body of 32% White, 8% Hispanic, 42% Black, 0% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Greater Johnstown Middle School?
Greater Johnstown Middle School is overseen by Greater Johnstown SD in Cambria County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.