High · Pennsylvania

Ferndale Area JSHS

Free meals for all

Ferndale Area JSHS, a public high school in Johnstown, Pennsylvania: grades 7–12, 284 students, 11.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ferndale Area SD.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 284
Teachers (FTE): 25.8
Students per teacher: 11.0
Grades: 7–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 78% of high schools in Pennsylvania

Median 13.3 · 712 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 75% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 78% of high schools in Pennsylvania

Median 573 · 715 schools compared

Smaller than 61% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Pennsylvania's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Pennsylvania: 49%

44%proficient

−0.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 57% of high schools in Pennsylvania

Median 47% · 183 high schools compared

79 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Pennsylvania: 42%

25%proficient

+4.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 55% of high schools in Pennsylvania

Median 27% · 184 high schools compared

80 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 7–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Small suburb
Run by: Ferndale Area SD

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ferndale Area SD.

Location

Address: 600 Harlan Ave, Johnstown, PA 15905
Phone: (814)288-5757
City or town: Ferndale
County: Cambria County

Website Quality of life in Ferndale Schools in Ferndale

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Greater Johnstown SHSFree meals for all	8–12	917	12.9	11%	2.5%	1.2 mi
Westmont Hilltop JSHS	7–12	689	14.7	49%	30%	3.9 mi
Richland HS	7–12	693	14.2	65%	53%	4.2 mi
Conemaugh Twp Area MS/SHS	6–12	491	13.6	71%	46%	4.3 mi
Greater Johnstown Career and Technology CenterCareer and technical	9–12	14	0.6	—	—	4.6 mi
Conemaugh Valley JSHSFree meals for all	7–12	308	11.5	37%	30%	5.3 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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