High · Pennsylvania
Portage Area JSHS
Free meals for allPortage Area JSHS, a public high school in Portage, Pennsylvania: grades 7–12, 339 students, 12.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Portage 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
- 339
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.0
- Students per teacher
- 12.5
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 61% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 13.3 · 712 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 64% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 74% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 573 · 715 schools compared
Smaller than 56% 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%51%proficient
−15.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 62% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 47% · 183 high schools compared
113 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Pennsylvania: 42%35%proficient
−0.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 77% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 27% · 184 high schools compared
113 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
- Town near a city
- Run by
- Portage Area SD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Portage Area SD.
Location
- Address
- 85 Mountain Ave, Portage, PA 15946
- Phone
- (814)736-9636
- City or town
- Portage
- County
- Cambria County
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Forest Hills JSHSFree meals for all | 7–12 | 798 | 14.2 | 53% | 40% |
| 9–12 | 538 | 14.5 | — | — | |
Admiral Peary Area Vocational-Technical SchoolCareer and technical | 9–12 | 24 | 1.2 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 509 | 15.7 | — | — | |
Blacklick Valley JSHSFree meals for all | 7–12 | 268 | 11.7 | 43% | 30% |
Greater Johnstown Career and Technology CenterCareer and technical | 9–12 | 14 | 0.6 | — | — |
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.
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.
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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