Enrollment
234
Middle
DISTRICT 253 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHERN CAMBRIA SD·NCES 421761006860
Northern Cambria Middle School
601 Joseph St, Northern Cambria, PA 15714 · (814) 948-5880 · Cambria County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
9.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
105%
245 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 58 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 27% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
Northern Cambria Middle School→Northern Cambria High School
Feeds from
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
30.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.7% | 30.6% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 33.2% |
% 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
41.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
Where Northern Cambria Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #320 of 479 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #329 of 513 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #332 of 513 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #468 of 522 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #7 of 486 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.5% | #474 of 486 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 105% | #33 of 510 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.5% | #22 of 332 |
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
234
-33 (-12%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 234 | 25.1 | 9.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 243 | 24.2 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 240 | 27.2 | 8.8:1 | 100% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 25 | 10.7:1 | 57% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 22 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 363 | 21 | 17.3:1 | 47% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 16 | 22.1:1 | 49% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 21 | 18.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 24 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northern Cambria Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (352 to 234); teachers up 14% (22 to 25.1).
About Northern Cambria Middle School
Northern Cambria Middle School is a small middle school in Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania, (ZIP code 15714). The school's 234 students are in grades 5 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students each.
Northern Cambria Middle School is one of 3 schools in Northern Cambria SD, which enrolls 758 students in total.
White students make up 96% of enrollment at Northern Cambria Middle School. Pick two students at random and there is an 8% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.3 students per teacher. That is 3.8 students per teacher below the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
allk12 grades Northern Cambria Middle School a B. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Northern Cambria Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 32.7%. Northern Cambria Middle School scores 41.9%, 9.2 points above that line.
Cambria County has about 131,538 residents, and the median household income is $58,418, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Cambria County has 37 public schools and roughly 15,789 students.
The school nearest to Northern Cambria Middle School is Northern Cambria Elementary School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. By average proficiency, Northern Cambria Middle School is 8th among 8 schools close by.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment is down 12% from 2020-21, when Northern Cambria Middle School had 267 students, to 2024-25, when it had 234. Students per teacher fell from 10.7 in 2020-21 to 9.3 in 2024-25.
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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 Northern Cambria SD
- Northern Cambria Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- Northern Cambria High SchoolHigh · 262 students
Other schools in Northern Cambria
- Northern Cambria Elementary SchoolElementary · 262 students
- Northern Cambria High SchoolHigh · 262 students
Nearby schools
- Northern Cambria Elementary School0.0 mi · 262
- Northern Cambria High School0.5 mi · 262
- Cambria Heights Elementary School5.5 mi · 533
- Penns Manor Area JSHS8.2 mi · 371
- Penns Manor Area Elementary School8.3 mi · 321
- Purchase Line Elementary School8.4 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About Northern Cambria Middle SchoolHow large is Northern Cambria Middle School?
Northern Cambria Middle School enrolls approximately 234 students in grades 05-08.
Is Northern Cambria Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northern Cambria Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Northern Cambria Middle School?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at Northern Cambria Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Northern Cambria Middle School?
Student demographics at Northern Cambria Middle School are roughly 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Northern Cambria Middle School public or private?
Northern Cambria Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Northern Cambria SD.
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