Enrollment
271
High
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKWOOD AREA SD·NCES 422052006210
Rockwood Area JSHS
437 Somerset Ave, Rockwood, PA 15557 · (814) 926-4631 · Somerset County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% 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.
- CBeats 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
8.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
107 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 52 | 19% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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 Rockwood Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -21.0pp since 2023
Math
24.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -9.5pp 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 25 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.1% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 67.1% | 34.2% |
% 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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 Rockwood Area JSHS
Rockwood Area JSHS's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwood Area JSHS this school | 271 | 39.5% | 52.0% |
| Berlin Brothersvalley SHS Berlin | 248 | 39.9% | 62.8% |
| McConnellsburg High School McConnellsburg | 285 | 41.8% | 57.4% |
| Ridgway Area High School Ridgway | 224 | 39.3% | 56.8% |
| Southern Fulton JSHS Warfordsburg | 323 | 42.7% | 44.3% |
| Millville Area JSHS Millville | 234 | 44.0% | 52.4% |
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 Rockwood Area JSHS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #273 of 576 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #464 of 626 ▼ 109 | #8 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #457 of 626 ▼ 240 | #8 of 10 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #571 of 713 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.8:1 | #11 of 601 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.9% | #517 of 604 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.5% | #462 of 619 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #33 of 373 | #2 of 7 |
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
271
-84 (-24%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 271 | 30.9 | 8.8:1 | 39% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 29.9 | 9.5:1 | 38% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 26 | 13.0:1 | 29% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 23% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 27.6 | 12.8:1 | 36% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 37% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 34% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 31% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 495 | 42 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rockwood Area JSHS.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (354 to 271); teachers up 12% (27.6 to 30.9).
About Rockwood Area JSHS
Rockwood Area JSHS is one of the public schools in Rockwood, Pennsylvania. It is a small high school. It enrolled 271 students in grades 7 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 63% lower than the average for high schools in Pennsylvania, which is about 738.
Rockwood Area JSHS is in Rockwood Area SD, a district with 566 students across 2 schools.
White students make up 95% of enrollment at Rockwood Area JSHS. Other students are 4% multiracial. For comparison, Somerset County is about 94% White. The school's diversity index is 10%, meaning two students picked at random have a 10% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Rockwood Area JSHS total 30.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 8.8:1. That is 4.0 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 39%. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Somerset County is 27 points.
allk12 grades Rockwood Area JSHS a C+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Rockwood Area JSHS posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 52.0%, compared with a predicted 60.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Somerset County this way: the median household income is $61,446, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Somerset County has 29 public schools and roughly 8,271 students.
The nearest public school is Rockwood Area Elementary School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within ten miles. Rockwood Area JSHS places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment is down 24% from 2020-21, when Rockwood Area JSHS had 355 students, to 2024-25, when it had 271. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 8.8:1, from 13.2:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Rockwood Area JSHS. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,799
Census ACS
Median income
$61,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
8,271 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockwood Area SD
- Rockwood Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Rockwood Area Elementary School0.0 mi · 295
- Eagle View Elementary School6.6 mi · 439
- Maple Ridge Elementary School6.7 mi · 484
- Somerset Area Jr-Sr High School7.0 mi · 1,054
- Somerset County Technology Center9.2 mi · 11
- Meyersdale Area Elementary School10.4 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Rockwood Area JSHSWhat is the total enrollment at Rockwood Area JSHS?
Rockwood Area JSHS enrolls approximately 271 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Rockwood Area JSHS serve?
Rockwood Area JSHS serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rockwood Area JSHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rockwood Area JSHS is approximately 8.8:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rockwood Area JSHS?
Student demographics at Rockwood Area JSHS are roughly 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Rockwood Area JSHS public or private?
Rockwood Area JSHS is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rockwood Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.