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Conemaugh Valley JSHS → Blacklick Valley JSHS → Ferndale Area JSHS → Claysburg-Kimmel Sr HS → Northern Bedford County HS → Windber Area HS → Penns Manor Area JSHS → Northern Cambria HS →At a glance
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- 1 calculus classes · 1 physics · 2 chemistry
- AP rigor: Bottom 44% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 47% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 92% in 2019 (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Portage Area JSHS compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Conemaugh Valley JSHS, Blacklick Valley JSHS, Ferndale Area JSHS and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 44% of US high schools
Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 47% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
60th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Your state's public flagship
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $32,875/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -4.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 339 students:
≈ 74 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $18,264 per student in district revenue, the 74 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,351,536/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conemaugh Valley JSHS Johnstown |
Public | 11.7 | 198 | +0.5% |
| Blacklick Valley JSHS Nanty Glo |
Public | 11.1 | 176 | -17.0% |
| Ferndale Area JSHS Johnstown |
Public | 14.8 | 195 | +18.2% |
| Claysburg-Kimmel Sr HS Claysburg |
Public | 13.1 | 266 | -0.4% |
| Northern Bedford County HS Loysburg |
Public | 20.7 | 235 | -10.6% |
| Windber Area HS Windber |
Public | 13.4 | 337 | -2.9% |
| Penns Manor Area JSHS Clymer |
Public | 23.1 | 217 | -3.1% |
| Northern Cambria HS Northern Cambria |
Public | 19.8 | 262 | -23.2% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantPortage Area JSHS is a public high school in Portage, PA, enrolling 339 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is down 22% from 2021 to 2024.
60 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 47% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 92% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 339 students per school counselor.
26% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is Portage Area JSHS's graduation rate? Portage Area JSHS's federal four-year graduation rate was about 92% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Portage Area JSHS? Portage Area JSHS is a public high school in Portage, PA, enrolling 339 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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