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Portage Area Jshs High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

85 Mountain Ave

Portage PA, 15946, Cambria County

Phone: 814-736-9636

Ranking:

High School:

(232 out of 626, top 37%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(1,344 out of 2,311, bottom 42%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Portage 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:	28		29		30		30		29		29		28
Total Students:	392		378		361		391		406		416		442
Grade 7:	72	18.4%	70	18.5%	52	14.4%	69	17.6%	64	15.8%	67	16.1%	70	15.8%
Grade 8:	74	18.9%	53	14.0%	64	17.7%	63	16.1%	66	16.3%	66	15.9%	79	17.9%
Grade 9:	51	13.0%	64	16.9%	61	16.9%	63	16.1%	67	16.5%	70	16.8%	71	16.1%
Grade 10:	65	16.6%	66	17.5%	59	16.3%	66	16.9%	67	16.5%	70	16.8%	81	18.3%
Grade 11:	67	17.1%	59	15.6%	61	16.9%	65	16.6%	68	16.7%	79	19.0%	68	15.4%
Grade 12:	63	16.1%	66	17.5%	64	17.7%	65	16.6%	74	18.2%	64	15.4%	73	16.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	216	55.1%	204	54.0%	188	52.1%	199	50.9%	210	51.7%	212	51.0%	246	55.7%
Female:	176	44.9%	174	46.0%	173	47.9%	192	49.1%	188	46.3%	196	47.1%	192	43.4%
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%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Black:	3	0.8%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	3	0.8%	3	0.7%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%
White:	389	99.2%	376	99.5%	360	99.7%	388	99.2%	402	99.0%	413	99.3%	439	99.3%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	174	44.4%	151	39.9%	135	37.4%	135	34.5%	126	31.0%	118	28.4%	210	47.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	52	13.3%	26	6.9%	40	11.1%	50	12.8%	52	12.8%	56	13.5%	81	18.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.85		13.21		12.04		13.05		14.07		14.30		15.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54%	54.6%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	58.1%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.1%	58.4%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.6%	51.4%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.5%	63.7%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.8%	67.8%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.4%	53.4%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.1%	54.1%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.7%	70.1%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.5%	66.6%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.4%	82.4%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.9%	74.2%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68%	68.5%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.4%	71.5%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.1%	76.1%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.8%	67.8%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.8%	44.1%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46%	45.5%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53%	53%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	63.6%	63.6%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	48.3%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	74.1%	74.1%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.2%	84.2%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.4%	90.5%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.6%	96.6%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	94.7%	93.5%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.4%	92.4%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.8%	96.8%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.8%	93.8%	82.9%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.1%	67.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.2%	66.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.4%	71.4%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92%	92.1%	80.1%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	70.1%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.1%	63.1%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	65.7%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	94.9%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.8%	88%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.3%	53.3%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.6%	53.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60%	59.1%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.8%	54.8%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	62.5%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.3%	60.3%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	62.7%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	71.6%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	76.6%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93%	91.4%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	65.2%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.6%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.4%	57.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	71.2%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	76.6%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	74.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	76.6%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.7%	87.7%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	82%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.3%	48.5%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.3%	55.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.2%	73.2%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	71.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	52.8%	52.8%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	13.8%	13.8%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.2%	86.2%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.4%	83.1%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	84.6%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	80.9%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.9%	82.5%	72.7%

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* Portage Area Jshs High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.