South Mountain Secure Trmnt Un
South Mountain · PA · South Mountain Secure Trmnt Unit · Public · K-12 combined
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SUN Area Technical Institute → Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center → HOPE for Hyndman Charter School → North Central Secure Trmnt Unt → Fairfield Area HS → Crispus Attucks CS → Forbes Road JSHS → Shanksville-Stonycreek HS →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How South Mountain Secure Trmnt Un compares for families
What families should know about South Mountain Secure Trmnt Un.
- ▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: SUN Area Technical Institute, Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center, HOPE for Hyndman Charter School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
👩🏫 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ 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.
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 +33.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 24 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUN Area Technical Institute New Berlin |
Public | 76.6 | 14 | — |
| Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center Johnstown |
Public | 76.6 | 14 | — |
| HOPE for Hyndman Charter School Hyndman |
Public · charter | 65.4 | 40 | — |
| North Central Secure Trmnt Unt Danville |
Public | 89.7 | 43 | — |
| Fairfield Area HS Fairfield |
Public | 7.7 | 277 | -10.9% |
| Crispus Attucks CS York |
Public · charter | 41.8 | 78 | +16.4% |
| Forbes Road JSHS Waterfall |
Public | 34.4 | 98 | +10.1% |
| Shanksville-Stonycreek HS Shanksville |
Public | 75.3 | 90 | +4.7% |