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What advice would you give to incoming students at Hollidaysburg Area SHS?
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Enrollment
793
High
DISTRICT 612 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLLIDAYSBURG AREA SD·NCES 421194005207
Hollidaysburg Area SHS
1510 North Montgomery Street, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648 · (814) 695-4416 · Blair County
GRADES 10–12HIGH23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL793 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
14.2:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
309 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 10 | 262 | 33% |
| Grade 11 | 272 | 34% |
| Grade 12 | 259 | 33% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
Based on grade levels within Hollidaysburg Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -8.9pp since 2023
Math
46.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.9% | 46.8% |
| 2023-24 | 72.8% | 49.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 →
Schools most like Hollidaysburg Area SHS
Hollidaysburg Area SHS's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollidaysburg Area SHS this school | 793 | 39.0% | 57.1% |
| Hughesville JSHS Hughesville | 728 | 41.3% | 49.2% |
| Big Spring High School Newville | 764 | 39.0% | 44.8% |
| Richland High School Johnstown | 693 | 35.4% | 67.4% |
| Harbor Creek Senior High School Harborcreek | 692 | 42.8% | 66.4% |
| Blue Mountain High School Schuylkill Haven | 791 | 37.7% | 59.3% |
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 Hollidaysburg Area SHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Blair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #202 of 576 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #226 of 626 ▼ 41 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #253 of 626 ▼ 104 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 793 | #235 of 713 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #327 of 601 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #449 of 604 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #469 of 619 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #292 of 373 | #5 of 6 |
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
793
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 951
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 793 | 56.1 | 14.2:1 | 39% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 803 | 57.1 | 14.1:1 | 38% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 793 | 84.9 | 9.3:1 | 26% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 798 | 66 | 12.1:1 | 23% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 60.2 | 13.8:1 | 19% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 817 | 60 | 13.6:1 | 26% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 844 | 60 | 14.1:1 | 20% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 1,028 | 61 | 16.9:1 | 16% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 951 | 59 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hollidaysburg Area SHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (830 to 793); teachers down 7% (60.2 to 56.1).
About Hollidaysburg Area SHS
Hollidaysburg Area SHS is a medium-sized high school found in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Enrollment is 793 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 10 through 12.
Hollidaysburg Area SD runs 5 schools with a combined 3,061 students. Hollidaysburg Area SHS is one of them.
About 92% of the student body at Hollidaysburg Area SHS is White. Other students are 3% Asian and 2% Hispanic. The county population is about 92% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 14% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 56.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. That is higher than the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 39%. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Blair County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Hollidaysburg Area SHS a B. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Hollidaysburg Area SHS's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (57.1%) and its predicted rate (60.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Hollidaysburg Area SHS is located in Blair County, where the median household income is $62,382, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Hollidaysburg Area SHS, Blair County has 32 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Charles W Longer Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Hollidaysburg Area SHS is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Hollidaysburg Area SHS ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 57.1% versus a 59.2% average.
NCES describes the area around Hollidaysburg Area SHS as Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 798 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 793. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 14.2:1, from 12.1:1.
Community posts for Hollidaysburg Area SHS can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Blair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
121,277
Census ACS
Median income
$62,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
15,692 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hollidaysburg Area SD
- Hollidaysburg Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Frankstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Foot of Ten Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Charles W Longer Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Other schools in Hollidaysburg
- Hollidaysburg Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Frankstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Charles W Longer Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Charles W Longer Elementary School0.2 mi · 414
- Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School0.5 mi · 756
- Central Pennsylvania Digital Learning Foundation CS2.0 mi · 194
- Frankstown Elementary School2.3 mi · 622
- Foot of Ten Elementary School3.0 mi · 476
- Baker Elementary School3.1 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Hollidaysburg Area SHSHow large is Hollidaysburg Area SHS?
Hollidaysburg Area SHS enrolls approximately 793 students in grades 10-12.
Is Hollidaysburg Area SHS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hollidaysburg Area SHS is a high school covering grades 10-12.
How many teachers does Hollidaysburg Area SHS have?
Hollidaysburg Area SHS employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hollidaysburg Area SHS?
At Hollidaysburg Area SHS, the student body is approximately 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Hollidaysburg Area SHS public or private?
Hollidaysburg Area SHS is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hollidaysburg Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.