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Forest Hills School District

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Forest Hills School District is located in southwest Pennsylvania. Forest Hills School District has 95.30 square miles of land area and 0.88 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Forest Hills School District population is 12,448. Forest Hills School District median household income is $49,491 in 2010-2014. Forest Hills School District median house value is $98,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Forest Hills School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (268 out of 496, bottom 46%) Elementary/Middle School: (192 out of 498, top 39%)* Rank: #226
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	12,448 (2010-2014), rank #318
Population Growth	-2.73% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	129.43/sq mi, rank #350
Median Household Income:	$49,491 at 2010-2014—13.65% increase since 2005-2009, rank #271
Median House Price:	$98,900 at 2010-2014—11.88% increase since 2005-2009, rank #373
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	95.30 sq mi, rank #169
Water Area:	0.88 sq mi (0.91%), rank #168
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Cambria County
City:	Wilmore, Summerhill, Sidman, Portage, Beaverdale, South Fork, Ehrenfeld, Mineral Point, Windber, Elton, Johnstown, Salix, Saint Michael, Dunlo
Zip:	15962, 15958, 15946, 15955, 15921, 15956, 15942, 15963, 15934, 15904, 15952, 15951, 15930
Area:	Johnstown, PA

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Forest Hills School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

549 Locust St

Sidman PA, 15955, Cambria County

Phone: 814-487-7613

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,946	1,933	1,986	2,006	2,031	2,069	2,147
English Language Learner Students:	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	130.00	132.50	138.00	141.00	142.00	139.80	141.50
Prekindergarten:	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.50	1.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
Elementary:	55.30	55.30	53.20	56.33	56.83	56.10	59.50
Secondary:	57.68	60.18	67.25	68.25	69.35	68.90	68.00
Ungraded:	8.02	8.02	8.55	7.92	7.82	7.80	7.00
Total Other Staff:	127.00	135.50	135.00	136.00	124.00	119.50	119.50
Instructional Aides:	42.00	44.00	44.00	44.00	38.00	33.00	35.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	1.25	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.50	2.50	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrators:	4.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	8.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	5.50
School Administrators:	5.50	6.00	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50
School Administrative Support:	6.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
Student Support Services:	NA	1.75	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50
Other Support Services:	50.00	55.00	54.00	53.00	47.00	48.50	46.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.97	14.59	14.39	14.23	14.30	14.80	15.17

Schools

Forest Hills Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	547 Locust St, Sidman PA 15955
Forest Hills High School	Grade 10 to Grade 12	489 Locust St, Sidman PA 15955
Forest Hills Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 9	1427 Frankstown Rd, Sidman PA 15955

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.3%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.2%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.2%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.1%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.9%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.1%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.6%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.8%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.4%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.3%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.5%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.2%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.2%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.4%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.4%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.1%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.6%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.2%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	25.2%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.1%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.6%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.3%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	72.2%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.7%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.9%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.7%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.7%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	83.2%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.7%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.6%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.3%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.8%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.8%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.9%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.6%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.9%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.3%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.4%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.2%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.8%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.9%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.5%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.3%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.8%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.6%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.5%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.7%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.3%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.7%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.8%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.9%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.8%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.4%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.4%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.5%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.1%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.2%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.3%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.6%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.5%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.3%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.4%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.7%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$25,058,000	$12,617		$25,820,000	$12,871		$25,543,000	$12,577
Federal:	$1,398,000	$704	5.6%	$3,720,000	$1,854	14.4%	$2,873,000	$1,415	11.2%
State:	$17,540,000	$8,832	70.0%	$16,070,000	$8,011	62.2%	$16,461,000	$8,105	64.4%
Local:	$6,120,000	$3,082	24.4%	$6,030,000	$3,006	23.4%	$6,209,000	$3,057	24.3%
Total Expenditures:	$22,907,000	$11,534		$23,366,000	$11,648		$22,342,000	$11,000
Total Current Expenditures:	$21,240,000	$10,695		$21,541,000	$10,738		$20,420,000	$10,054
Instructional Expenditures:	$12,846,000	$6,468	60.5%	$13,265,000	$6,613	61.6%	$12,454,000	$6,132	61.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,674,000	$843	7.9%	$1,724,000	$859	8.0%	$1,604,000	$790	7.9%
Administration:	$2,119,000	$1,067	10.0%	$2,025,000	$1,009	9.4%	$1,978,000	$974	9.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,601,000	$2,317	21.7%	$4,527,000	$2,257	21.0%	$4,384,000	$2,159	21.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$48,000	$24		$202,000	$101		$349,000	$172
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$158,000	$80		$114,000	$57		$59,000	$29
Interest on Debt:	$216,000	$109		$275,000	$137		$311,000	$153

Total Salary:	$12,186,000	$6,136		$12,157,000	$6,060		$12,000,000	$5,908
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$8,764,000	$4,413	71.9%	$8,641,000	$4,308	71.1%	$8,552,000	$4,211	71.3%
Other Salary:	$3,422,000	$1,723	28.1%	$3,516,000	$1,753	28.9%	$3,448,000	$1,698	28.7%
Total Benefit:	$4,678,000	$2,355		$4,609,000	$2,298		$3,913,000	$1,927
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,121,000	$1,572	66.7%	$3,374,000	$1,682	73.2%	$2,690,000	$1,324	68.7%
Other Benefit:	$1,557,000	$784	33.3%	$1,235,000	$616	26.8%	$1,223,000	$602	31.3%

* Forest Hills School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.