Enrollment
337
High
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINDBER AREA SD·NCES 422661004026
Windber Area High School
2301 Graham Ave, Windber, PA 15963 · (814) 467-4567 · Somerset County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
12.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
322 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 9 | 90 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 83 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 85 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 79 | 23% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Windber Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.7pp since 2023
Math
60.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 60.5% |
| 2023-24 | 74.7% | 49.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Windber Area High School
Windber Area High School's state test result (61.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windber Area High School this school | 337 | 95.5% | 61.9% |
| Union City High School Union City | 304 | 96.4% | 46.7% |
| Apollo-Ridge High School Spring Church | 327 | 98.2% | 54.8% |
| Bentworth SHS Bentleyville | 359 | 98.6% | 53.7% |
| Reynolds JSHS Greenville | 426 | 94.8% | 46.9% |
| Kane Area High School Kane | 282 | 98.9% | 57.0% |
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 Windber Area High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #144 of 576 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #104 of 626 ▲ 77 | #1 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #189 of 626 ▼ 60 | #3 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #529 of 713 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #180 of 601 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #454 of 604 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #214 of 619 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #279 of 373 | #7 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
337
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 397
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 337 | 26.7 | 12.6:1 | 96% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 26 | 12.4:1 | 99% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 27 | 12.3:1 | 32% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 356 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 32% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 25.1 | 14.2:1 | 32% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 28 | 11.7:1 | 41% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 31% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 22 | 22.2:1 | 50% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 397 | 23 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Windber Area High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (355 to 337); teachers up 6% (25.1 to 26.7).
About Windber Area High School
Windber Area High School operates as a small high school in Windber, Pennsylvania. There are 337 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 54% below the average for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Windber Area SD oversees Windber Area High School and 2 other schools, with 1,254 students in total.
Windber Area High School is 93% White by enrollment. Next come 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Somerset County, where about 94% of residents are White. The diversity index for Windber Area High School is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.6 students per teacher. The 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is close to this figure. Roughly 96% of students at Windber Area High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Somerset County is 66%.
On the allk12 Grade, Windber Area High School lands at A, ahead of 88% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 61.9%, is 25.2 points above the 36.6% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
The school's county is Somerset County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $61,446, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 29 public schools in the county, enrolling about 8,271, Windber Area High School among them.
Windber Area High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Windber Area Middle School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Windber Area High School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 356 to 337, a 5% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.2:1 to 12.6:1.
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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 Windber Area SD
- Windber Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Windber Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 300 students
Other schools in Windber
- Windber Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Windber Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 300 students
Nearby schools
- Windber Area Middle School0.0 mi · 300
- Windber Elementary School1.1 mi · 617
- Richland High School2.7 mi · 693
- Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center3.0 mi · 14
- Richland Elementary School3.0 mi · 831
- Conemaugh Twp Area Elementary School5.2 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About Windber Area High SchoolHow large is Windber Area High School?
Windber Area High School enrolls approximately 337 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Windber Area High School serve?
Windber Area High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Windber Area High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Windber Area High School is approximately 12.6:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Windber Area High School?
Student demographics at Windber Area High School are roughly 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Windber Area High School?
Windber Area High School is overseen by Windber Area SD in Somerset County.
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