Penn Cambria High School

Penn Cambria High School

Public High School | Grade 9-12
401 Linden Ave,  Cresson, PA
Penn Cambria School District
3.4
2.2
567 Students
B-
Niche Grade

School Details

Student Teacher Ratio
15:1
Average SAT Score
1150
Average ACT Score
22
Math Proficiency
67%
Reading Proficiency
77%
Average GPA
3.64
Graduation Rate
92%

Niche Grade

B
Academics
B+
Teachers
C-
College Prep
C-
Administration
D+
Resources/Facilities
C-
Clubs and Activities
B-
Sports
B-
Food
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Niche Grade Details

Academics
Average GPA
3.64
Reading Proficiency
77%
Math Proficiency
67%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
15:1
Teachers
38
Full Time Teachers
38
Teachers in First or Second Year
2.6%
College Prep
Average SAT
1150
Math
560
Verbal
580
Average ACT
22
Math
21
English
21
Reading
24
Science
22
Clubs and Activities
Girls Athletic Participation
Average
Boys Athletic Participation
Average

GreatSchools Rating

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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
280:1

Student Diversity

Male
51.3%
Female
48.7%
White
95.6%
Two or more races
1.6%
Hispanic
1.4%
Black
<1%
Asian or Pacific Islander
<1%
Native American
<1%
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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
Athletics Program

Colleges Students are Considering

Students are most interested in or go on to attend these colleges.
Saint Francis University 85 Students
Penn State 65 Students
Indiana University of Pennsylvania 59 Students
University of Pittsburgh 54 Students
Mount Aloysius College 53 Students
Penn State Altoona 38 Students
University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown 27 Students
Slippery Rock University 25 Students
Duquesne University 25 Students
Robert Morris University - Pennsylvania 24 Students

What Students Want to Study

Niche users from this school are most interested in the following majors.
Nursing 25 Students
Biology 23 Students
Psychology 18 Students
Chemistry 16 Students
Business 15 Students
Physician Assistant 15 Students
Pre-Medicine Studies 14 Students
Physical Therapy 11 Students
Criminology 10 Students
Accounting 9 Students

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
3.4 65 Reviews
3.0 Senior
11/9/2022
Penn Cambria is a bit outdated in many areas and needs an update with better fundraising to prepare and ready kids for life.
5.0 Senior
1/28/2021
My school has done very well when it comes to the online portion of our education due to COVID. I think that we actually learned things while in online schooling. The staff and teachers are nice and will help you if you need it. We had daily Zoom meetings so it felt like we were in school.
4.0 Junior
4/20/2020
The teachers work hard to help their students and do their best to help them succeed. There are few clubs to get involved with, although they have been putting in effort to increase the number of activities available to students.
GreatSchools Reviews
2.2 8 Reviews
1.0 parent
8/7/2015
Penn Cambria Middle and High school are the most terrible schools I've ever been to in my whole life!I have been to many different schools in my life time, moved school to school for years and have never met such a lousy group of administrators! Money put into school accounts sometimes just seem to...
2.0 student
2/28/2014
Penn Cambria has very few good qualities to it. The school inside is not very fun to be in for anyone mainly because the school is never heated during the winter other than during the first couple hours of the day, after that it is very cold and hard to pay attention in. The bullying is minimum whic...
5.0 student
8/3/2013
I currently attend Penn Cambria and however many people say that the education is "less than satisfactory" and however many people say that "bullying and hazing happens frequently" i have been going to this school for 10 years and never once have i ever seen or heard of any of this happening inside...
1.0 parent
5/31/2011
This school can't even afford air conditioning let alone good school books. This school is one of the worst schools in the area.

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