Enrollment
392
High
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOMER-CENTER SD·NCES 421329002331
Homer-Center JSHS
70 Wildcat Ln, Homer City, PA 15748 · (724) 479-8026 · Indiana County
GRADES 07–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
198 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 78 | 20% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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 Homer-Center SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.3%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.3pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -9.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.3% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.6% | 53.2% |
% 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
61.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Homer-Center JSHS
Homer-Center JSHS's state test result (61.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homer-Center JSHS this school | 392 | 50.5% | 61.7% |
| Jefferson-Morgan MS/HS Jefferson | 383 | 52.0% | 41.3% |
| Seneca High School Erie | 383 | 51.2% | 71.3% |
| Cambria Heights SHS Patton | 419 | 51.8% | 62.2% |
| Northwest Area High School Shickshinny | 406 | 48.8% | 42.2% |
| Lackawanna Trail JSHS Factoryville | 427 | 49.9% | 53.1% |
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 Homer-Center JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Indiana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #148 of 576 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #253 of 626 ▼ 116 | #3 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #230 of 626 ▼ 109 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #495 of 713 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #159 of 601 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.9% | #518 of 604 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #348 of 619 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #177 of 373 | N/A |
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
392
-33 (-8%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 392 | 31.8 | 12.3:1 | 51% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 49% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 28 | 13.7:1 | 29% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 33% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 27.3 | 16.0:1 | 38% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 43% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 39% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 516 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 35% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 525 | 38 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Homer-Center JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (436 to 392); teachers up 17% (27.3 to 31.8).
About Homer-Center JSHS
Homer-Center JSHS is a low-enrollment high school in Homer City, Pennsylvania, under Homer-Center SD. There are 392 students enrolled, covering grades 7 through 12. That puts enrollment 47% below the 738-student average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Homer-Center SD counts 770 students in its 2 schools, and Homer-Center JSHS is one of them.
A large majority of enrollment at Homer-Center JSHS is White, at 95%. After that, the student body is 2% Black. Among Indiana County residents, the White share is about 92%. The diversity index for Homer-Center JSHS is 10%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Homer-Center JSHS has 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.3:1. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 12.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 51%. For comparison, public schools in Indiana County average 66%.
Homer-Center JSHS holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 77% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.0% for Homer-Center JSHS. The school posts 61.7%, 5.7 points above the prediction.
Census data for Indiana County show median household income comes to about $60,208, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 22 public schools in the county, enrolling about 8,470, Homer-Center JSHS among them.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Homer-Center Elementary School, is the closest to Homer-Center JSHS. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Homer-Center JSHS. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Homer-Center JSHS ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Homer-Center JSHS in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 33 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 12.3 students per teacher, compared with 15.7 in 2020-21.
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Indiana County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,042
Census ACS
Median income
$60,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,470 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Homer-Center SD
- Homer-Center Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
Other schools in Homer City
- Homer-Center Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
Nearby schools
- Homer-Center Elementary School0.1 mi · 378
- Horace Mann Elementary School6.1 mi · 190
- Eisenhower Elementary School6.1 mi · 213
- Ben Franklin Elementary School6.3 mi · 414
- East Pike Elementary School6.4 mi · 445
- River Valley High School6.6 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Homer-Center JSHSHow many students attend Homer-Center JSHS?
Homer-Center JSHS enrolls approximately 392 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Homer-Center JSHS serve?
Homer-Center JSHS serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Homer-Center JSHS have?
Homer-Center JSHS employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Homer-Center JSHS?
Student demographics at Homer-Center JSHS are roughly 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Homer-Center JSHS in?
Homer-Center JSHS is part of Homer-Center SD.
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