Penn Cambria HS

Penn Cambria HS, a cozy four-year high school in Cresson, Pennsylvania, overseen by Penn Cambria SD, hosts 538 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Penn Cambria HS sits 27% smaller than that benchmark.

Penn Cambria HS is one of 5 schools operated by Penn Cambria SD, a district that teaches 1,449 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Penn Cambria HS shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Other groups include 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Penn Cambria HS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cambria County (around 73%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Penn Cambria HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.0%, the actual is 69.3%, a residual of +10.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cambria County) shows that median household income runs about $58,418, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Penn Cambria HS is one of 37 public schools in Cambria County (combined enrollment of about 15,789 students).

Nearest neighbor: Penn Cambria Pre-Primary, around 0.1 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Penn Cambria HS comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 53.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Penn Cambria HS's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 538).

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.