Hollidaysburg Area JHS

As a reasonably sized intermediate school in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Hollidaysburg Area JHS hosts 756 students from grades 7 through 9, one of the schools within Hollidaysburg Area SD. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Hollidaysburg Area SD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,061 students. Hollidaysburg Area JHS is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Hollidaysburg Area JHS records that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Blair County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Blair County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hollidaysburg Area JHS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.4%; this one delivers 62.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Blair County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,382 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Hollidaysburg Area JHS is one of 33 public schools in Blair County (combined enrollment of about 15,692 students).

Nearest neighbor: Charles W Longer El Sch, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hollidaysburg Area JHS at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 58.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Hollidaysburg Area JHS's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 829 (now 756).

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