Shade JSHS

Shade JSHS operates as a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in Cairnbrook, Pennsylvania, run under Shade-Central City SD. Current enrollment sits at 123 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 83% smaller than typical.

Shade JSHS is one of 2 schools operated by Shade-Central City SD, a district that works with 303 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shade JSHS reports that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Compared to Somerset County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Shade JSHS shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 111% of students at Shade JSHS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Somerset County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Somerset County shows median household income runs about $61,446, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Shade JSHS is one of 29 public schools in Somerset County (combined enrollment of about 8,271 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cairnbrook El Sch, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 44%: 219 students in 2018 compared to 123 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 today.

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