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What's something Greater Johnstown SHS does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
917
High
DISTRICT 701 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER JOHNSTOWN SD·NCES 421095001251
Greater Johnstown SHS
222 Central Ave, Johnstown, PA 15902 · (814) 533-5670 · Cambria County
GRADES 08–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL917 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- DTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 32.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
856 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 205 | 22% |
| Grade 9 | 176 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 175 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 174 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 187 | 20% |
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
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
11.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.3pp since 2023
Math
2.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.0% | 2.5% |
| 2023-24 | 17.3% | 1.5% |
% 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
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% 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 →
Schools most like Greater Johnstown SHS
Greater Johnstown SHS's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Johnstown SHS this school | 917 | 93.3% | 14.8% |
| Valley JSHS New Kensington | 905 | 97.8% | 17.7% |
| West Mifflin Area High School West Mifflin | 964 | 98.1% | 27.3% |
| New Castle SHS New Castle | 740 | 98.9% | 35.8% |
| Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy 6-12 Pittsburgh | 618 | 98.7% | 60.9% |
| Pittsburgh Allderdice High School Pittsburgh | 1,386 | 93.4% | 50.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Greater Johnstown SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Cambria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #546 of 576 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.5% | #606 of 626 ▲ 7 | #13 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #617 of 626 ▼ 11 | #13 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 917 | #203 of 713 | #1 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #207 of 601 | #8 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #33 of 604 | #1 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #229 of 619 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #150 of 373 | #4 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 2024-25Enrollment
917
-67 (-7%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 1,036
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 917 | 71.1 | 12.9:1 | 93% (856) |
| 2023-24 | 856 | 69.1 | 12.4:1 | 100% (856) |
| 2022-23 | 894 | 73.3 | 12.2:1 | 99% (881) |
| 2020-21 | 984 | 72 | 13.7:1 | 100% (980) |
| 2017-18 | 1,035 | 73 | 14.2:1 | 100% (1,033) |
| 2015-16 | 793 | 60 | 13.2:1 | 93% (739) |
| 2010-11 | 932 | 73 | 12.8:1 | 71% (663) |
| 2000-01 | 943 | 68 | 13.9:1 | 59% (552) |
| 1990-91 | 1,036 | 80 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greater Johnstown SHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,035 to 917); teachers down 3% (73 to 71.1).
About Greater Johnstown SHS
Greater Johnstown SHS is a public high school run by Greater Johnstown SD in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Total enrollment is 917 students, and the grades served are 8 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Pennsylvania enroll about 738 students on average.
Greater Johnstown SHS is a school in Greater Johnstown SD. The district has 4 schools and 2,805 students.
Black students make up 39% of enrollment at Greater Johnstown SHS, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 36% White, 18% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. That compares with about 3% Black among all Cambria County residents. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Greater Johnstown SHS are from different groups.
The school lists 71.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Greater Johnstown SHS has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 93%. Compared with the 73% average for public schools in Cambria County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Greater Johnstown SHS lands at D, ahead of 5% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
In Pennsylvania, Greater Johnstown SHS is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 14.8% compared with a predicted 37.6%.
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 roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Cambria County, 37 public schools serve about 15,789 students.
Of the public schools around it, Greater Johnstown SHS is closest to Greater Johnstown Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Greater Johnstown SHS has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Greater Johnstown SHS ranks 4th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 14.8% against a local average of 35.3%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 917 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 984.
The allk12 page for Greater Johnstown SHS lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
- Greater Johnstown School District's Cyber AcademyCombined · 140 students
Other schools in Johnstown
- Greater Johnstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,133 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolElementary · 831 students
- Westmont Hilltop Elementary SchoolElementary · 749 students
- Richland High SchoolHigh · 693 students
- Westmont Hilltop JSHSHigh · 689 students
- Greater Johnstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
Nearby schools
- Greater Johnstown Middle School0.4 mi · 615
- Greater Johnstown School District's Cyber Academy0.5 mi · 140
- Ferndale Area JSHS1.2 mi · 284
- Ferndale Elementary School1.5 mi · 325
- Westmont Hilltop Elementary School1.8 mi · 749
- Greater Johnstown Elementary School2.9 mi · 1,133
Frequently asked questions
About Greater Johnstown SHSWhat is the total enrollment at Greater Johnstown SHS?
Greater Johnstown SHS enrolls approximately 917 students in grades 08-12.
What age range does Greater Johnstown SHS serve?
Greater Johnstown SHS serves students from grade 08 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Greater Johnstown SHS?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Greater Johnstown SHS.
How diverse is Greater Johnstown SHS?
Greater Johnstown SHS reports a student body of 36% White, 7% Hispanic, 39% Black, 0% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Greater Johnstown SHS?
Greater Johnstown SHS 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.