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Ferndale Area Jshs High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

600 Harlan Ave

Johnstown PA, 15905, Cambria County

Phone: 814-288-5757

Ranking:

High School:

(217 out of 626, top 35%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(1,614 out of 2,311, bottom 30%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Ferndale Area School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	27		27		27		27		28		27		29
Total Students:	337		338		345		359		372		404		385
Grade 7:	65	19.3%	72	21.3%	50	14.5%	61	17.0%	51	13.7%	61	15.1%	71	18.4%
Grade 8:	67	19.9%	50	14.8%	61	17.7%	48	13.4%	60	16.1%	74	18.3%	72	18.7%
Grade 9:	46	13.6%	58	17.2%	48	13.9%	63	17.5%	76	20.4%	81	20.0%	62	16.1%
Grade 10:	58	17.2%	41	12.1%	59	17.1%	66	18.4%	70	18.8%	66	16.3%	62	16.1%
Grade 11:	44	13.1%	60	17.8%	63	18.3%	66	18.4%	58	15.6%	63	15.6%	62	16.1%
Grade 12:	57	16.9%	57	16.9%	64	18.6%	55	15.3%	57	15.3%	59	14.6%	56	14.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	166	49.3%	168	49.7%	175	50.7%	198	55.2%	193	51.9%	204	50.5%	198	51.4%
Female:	171	50.7%	170	50.3%	170	49.3%	161	44.8%	171	46.0%	192	47.5%	183	47.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%
Asian:	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	3	0.8%	3	0.8%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%
Hispanic:	11	3.3%	6	1.8%	4	1.2%	6	1.7%	4	1.1%	3	0.7%	2	0.5%
Black:	13	3.9%	12	3.6%	6	1.7%	12	3.3%	19	5.1%	19	4.7%	13	3.4%
White:	291	86.4%	302	89.3%	313	90.7%	322	89.7%	346	93.0%	380	94.1%	366	95.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	5.9%	16	4.7%	21	6.1%	16	4.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	171	50.7%	176	52.1%	168	48.7%	173	48.2%	145	39.0%	130	32.2%	149	38.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	26	7.7%	22	6.5%	31	9.0%	50	13.9%	52	14.0%	59	14.6%	67	17.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.50		12.53		12.70		13.22		13.26		15.00		13.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.4%	63.4%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.6%	56.6%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.4%	40.4%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.3%	62.3%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.2%	58.2%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.9%	57.9%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.3%	54.3%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.4%	72.4%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.9%	61.9%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.8%	80.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.3%	77.3%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.1%	66.1%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	65.4%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.5%	69.5%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.3%	75%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.7%	71%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.2%	38.2%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	28.8%	28.8%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.8%	45%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	33.8%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	35.1%	35.1%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.7%	92.7%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.9%	92.9%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.9%	90.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.5%	82.5%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.4%	86.7%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.7%	96.9%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93%	91.4%	82.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	78.2%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.6%	53.6%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.4%	59.4%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.1%	85.1%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	76.7%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.5%	75.5%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.5%	73.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.3%	49.3%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.4%	59.4%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.6%	57.6%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	70.9%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.3%	63.3%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.2%	63.2%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	61.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	71.7%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	72.7%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.9%	62.9%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.8%	46.5%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	94.8%	94.8%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	70.2%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.7%	62.7%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	69.1%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.9%	62.9%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	71.7%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	66.2%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	74.6%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	68.1%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.7%	62.7%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40%	39.4%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.1%	47.1%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.1%	44.1%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43.8%	43.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.1%	44.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58.1%	58.1%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	67.1%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	63.3%	63.3%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.2%	67.2%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.6%	63.2%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	72.7%

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* Ferndale Area Jshs High School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.