High · Pennsylvania
Somerset Area Jr-Sr HS
Somerset Area Jr-Sr HS, a public high school in Somerset, Pennsylvania: grades 6–12, 1,054 students, 12.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Somerset 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
- 1,054
- Teachers (FTE)
- 85.0
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 62% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 13.3 · 712 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 65% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 78% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 573 · 715 schools compared
Larger than 76% 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%68%proficient
−1.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 93% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 47% · 183 high schools compared
415 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Pennsylvania: 42%47%proficient
+7.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 93% of high schools in Pennsylvania
Median 27% · 184 high schools compared
416 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 6–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Distant town
- Run by
- Somerset Area SD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Somerset Area SD.
Location
- Address
- 645 South Columbia Ave, Somerset, PA 15501
- Phone
- (814)443-2381
- City or town
- Somerset
- County
- Somerset 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Somerset County Technology CenterCareer and technical | 9–12 | 11 | 0.6 | — | — |
Rockwood Area JSHSFree meals for all | 7–12 | 271 | 8.8 | 46% | 25% |
| 9–12 | 248 | 11.5 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 90 | 10.7 | — | — | |
North Star HSFree meals for all | 9–12 | 327 | 12.7 | — | — |
Meyersdale Area HSFree meals for all | 9–12 | 246 | 10.9 | — | — |
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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