Rockwood Area JSHS

Rockwood Area JSHS is a tiny secondary school in Rockwood, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Rockwood Area SD. The school serves 271 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 63% leaner than the state mean of about 738.

Across the 2 schools in Rockwood Area SD (566 students total), Rockwood Area JSHS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Rockwood Area JSHS shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest comes out to 4% multiracial. Compared to Somerset County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Rockwood Area JSHS has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Somerset County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Rockwood Area JSHS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Somerset County put median household earnings sit near $61,446, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Somerset County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,271 students), Rockwood Area JSHS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rockwood Area El Sch, roughly 0.0 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rockwood Area JSHS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 57.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Rockwood Area JSHS's enrollment has fell 23% since 2018, when it stood at 354 (now 271). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.